writing practice
Current writing workflow ~easing into things~ :
acknowledge discomfort and fear (hello, fear)
start writing by hand, copy out last written sentence in project and continue on paper for a couple minutes
copy out what I just wrote into an Enso text doc on my laptop and keep writing until it stops being scary (however long that takes)
transfer Enso text
trying to ease discomofrt when starting to write, and finding ways to meet the call to write
The lesson here,” the artist Joshua Citarella once wrote, “is that we often don't know what the important work is while we’re making it…you may look back a decade from now and realize that the real work was actually what you were putting online.”
For me, carving out the time for writing—even when there's a million and five other things that need to get done—is pivotal in STRETCHING time.
It's pretty simple: the days I write, I have more space inside.
It's pretty simple: the days I write, I have more space inside.
Tomorrow: *Community Discovery Writing Gathering* Zoom info inside
Finding the right-fit homes for your writing takes time and continual experimentation. Building supportive systems is part of making a writing practice that feels true to you .
Maggy • Whim worship
The one practice I kept was writing. It made the cut because I can’t deny how many good things in my life have come as a result of my putting words out into the world. It also felt like a respite: one area where I wasn’t skeptical of my identity. I’m at my most courageous on the page because interrogating my feelings with words feels justified and
... See moreMolly Mielke • (self) concept
From experience, I knew what to do. Write. Write anything. Bad sentences, meaningless sentences, anything to get the mind fixed again to that sheet of paper and oblivious of the ‘real’ world. Write until the words begin to make sense, the cogs mesh, the wheels start to turn, the creaking movement quickens and becomes a smooth, oiled run, and then,
... See moreMary Stewart • Stormy Petrel
These days, when I’m stuck in my own work, rather than banging my head against the same wall, I try to get a different perspective. That could be as simple as switching from writing on a computer to longhand, or from writing to drawing if it’s relevant, or even just going for a run — which is remarkably effective at giving me new ideas when I’m stu
... See moredavidepstein.bulletin.com • A Technique Championed by Russian Writers (And Fraggles) Can Give You a New Perspective | Meta Bulletin
The vicious circle: the less often I engage in any creative pursuits, the harder it is for me to start. Creative work makes us feel better, but like everything that requires practice, it becomes harder when we stop, partially because we lose the benefits it gives us.
111 - Untested
Writing practice embraces your whole life and doesn’t demand any logical form: no chapter 19 following the action in chapter 18. It’s a place that you can come to wild and unbridled, mixing the dream of your grandmother’s soup with the astounding clouds outside your window. It is undirected and has to do with all of you right in your present moment
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