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The Recovering Creative
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview, The Recovering Creative
“My own sense is that writers are blocked mostly by their own inhibitions about being truthful on the page, and about allowing themselves success.”
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The best, most compelling essays reveal something about the writer in such a specific way that the message is paradoxically universal—and moving. These are the essays we return to, share with our friends, and wish we’d written. Well, we can. When I began essay writing, I craved a blueprint that was simple to understand. This
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“I’ve spent a lot of my life thinking. So when the process stalls, I have to remember what concerns I have and give them some situation, some tension, that shows out in the physical world.”
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“My hope is that readers might recognize small pieces of themselves or human beings they know in my storytelling.”
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“All art is a constant series of negotiations, compromises, and strategic retreats between your conscious and subconscious.”
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“Minds greater than your own—that’s key—keep seeking out their work. And also try not to get overwrought if you can’t write on certain days. It’s not useful to beat yourself up. But I do think it’s good to make a plan and try to schedule writing time into your week if you find it difficult to sit down and do it fairly regularly.”
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“The main reason that I decided to focus on writing was the freedom to express myself, not others’ ideas, on the page.”
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[In loving memory.] The writer talks of translating curiosity about human behavior onto the page, the best time to write, and the magic of obsession in the early stages of creation.
The Recovering Creative
I am in a relationship with money whether I want to believe it or not.
The Recovering Creative
Honest feedback or sadistic humiliation?
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I have never “always known” I was a writer. Sometimes, I’m not even sure I know it today.