When we write it’s not one and done. It’s a practice and process.
We will do our best writing when we approach writing as:
- a practice like practicing the piano, or yoga
- a self-awareness, discovery process
- a compassionate, kind and loving act towards the protagonist (you)
- a process of re-visiting, re-crafting one’s story beyond rumination, thinking or analyzing
- a crafting in words, the images we find in tiny jewel moments; snapshots of “the ordinary” and tense pivotal moments of life
- a scene or summary in which you – the character – yearns for something and goes after it (like a protagonist in a movie)
- a team of creative collaborators – readers, teachers, editors, writing friends that offer positive, generative feedback – to help us do our best work
- a daily or weekly ritual or discipline; we set a time and place to practice and get to know our process
Happy writing.
