by Jamie
Excellent post from Steven Pressfield this week on how we improve as writers.
Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity • Tags: adversity, creative process, creativity, originality, steven pressfield, writer, writer's block, writing, writing life
by Jamie
The publishing industry can especially be brutal for us creative types. We are emotionally invested in our work, but the industry necessarily is all about profits. It’s easy to become self-defeated, self-critical, and self-doubting. I saw a therapist last year to work through some job-related stress (my day job, not my writing), and as I was grieving the loss of a friendship I felt I’d invested a great deal of love and energy into, she listened and then said, “What […]
Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity • Tags: adversity, creative process, creativity, writer, writer's block, writing, writing life
by Jamie
My writing “career,” whatever that means, began in January 1998. That was when I sat down and started writing my first novel seriously with the goal of publication. I didn’t want to publish one novel though, or two or three, or even ten. I wanted to publish a lifetime’s worth. How many will that be? I don’t know, because I’m not dead yet. It’s an ambitious goal to set out toward though for a person who’d never written even one […]
Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity • Tags: career, reading, writer, writer's block, writing, writing career, writing life
by Jamie
I just began reading Dennis Palumbo‘s book, Writing from the Inside Out, and my first reaction to it was, “Why couldn’t I have discovered this four years ago?!” That was when my creative process first started going awry. I continued to write, but it became more and more difficult for several years, until fear, depression, and utter burnout led me to believe I might have to give up writing altogether. I’d dreamed of being a writer since I was 8, […]
Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity, Reading • Tags: creative process, creativity, writer's block, writing
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