Tag: simplicity

Declutter Your Writing Process (Phase 2 of 2)

Phase 2: Clutter in the creative process Click here for phase 1 You know your creative process is cluttered when You feel an oomph to get things done but when you sit down to work nothing seems to happen You have a to-do list that grows more rapidly than it shrinks You feel generally uninspired… Continue reading Declutter Your Writing Process (Phase 2 of 2)

When You Don’t Believe In Yourself, Try This

Feelings come and go. Everyone gets into low emotional states from time to time. Sometimes, though, people get stuck in negative emotional states. No matter what they try, it feels ineffectual, like trying to fight their way out of a paper sack. You’re here because you want to try something different. When you believe you… Continue reading When You Don’t Believe In Yourself, Try This

To Really Stay In the Flow, Try Paring Down

I will not Reason & Compare, my business is to Create! William Blake As a writer, it is all to easy to get bogged down by complex ideas, intricately layered plot points. It can feel overwhelming to navigate scene after scene and wonder whether the pacing feels believable or whether anything even makes any sense.… Continue reading To Really Stay In the Flow, Try Paring Down

This is the Right Way to Write

The right way to write. The correct way to scribe. The archetypal modality of authorship. A workable answer for the right way to write is illustrated by Gary Snyder’s poem “Riprap.” I’ll share the poem at the end of this post. The right way to write is freely. Freewriting, writing without stopping, is a swell… Continue reading This is the Right Way to Write