I believe getting stuck is part of the creative process. Often, I think of it as a sort of hibernation—an essential time to be still and rest in a society that so often glorifies output.
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview
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Editors & Agents Interviews
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Writers can learn how to develop their craft, but it’s much more difficult for them to learn how to develop their voice. A memorable voice is one of the main things I look for as I know that that’s something future readers can connect to.
1. Sometimes, how I “decorate” tends to make everything the same – even if each piece is utterly unique. I appreciate the uniqueness of the individual item. It’s not a bad thing but too many unique things can become overwhelming and vie for my attention. I do mosaics, and I love them, and I’d decorate
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview, The Recovering Creative
In order to write THROUGH the story, I had to relive it. And in my case that meant reliving these specific things:
—the death of my daughter —the abuse I suffered from my father —the self destructions I inflicted on my self
—the longing for a mother drowned by alcoholism
The Recovering Creative
Coauthored by friends Kim Hooper and Meredith Resnick, LCSW, All the Love: Healing Your Heart and Finding Meaning After Pregnancy Loss (Turner, 2021) is a personal, heartfelt exploration of loss and grief. In their guest column featured on Writer’s Digest, the authors discuss what they learned from each other throughout the shared writing process. Utilizing
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview
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In memoir the truth is a moving target. You can be as honest as you believe yourself to be but you may misremember events or your interpretation may skew the story.
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview
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I feel as though my current projects are a sort of a bridge, touching history and bringing the knowledge of past generations to the modern day world.
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview
Writing those first pages, it’s hard to have faith that anyone will suspend disbelief—that the world can be made real enough for even the writer to believe in it.
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview
Every “realistic” short story I write is a betrayal. Perversely, the short stories which seem to engage most readers are indeed these more — forgive me — realistic ones.
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview
The poet discussion the exhilaration of exploration, the tension of creation, and one’s readiness to engage with content that is within.
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview
The writer thinks about intention, chronological order and connection to a story.
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview
Writing the poem changes me, and I welcome that. I don’t see that as a betrayal of myself or the work, but more of an evolution.