Revisionism
I romanticized the moment ahead of time, like I often do. Deciding to commemorate the first feedback of my first chapter with a croissant (why not?), I stopped into a newly opened bakery nearby…
And Just Like That
Writing out the plot (or summary or synopsis) of my book has been the most daunting task by far, but I can say with confidence that it is equally the most energizing task to have completed.
Putting Off The Plot
Writing out the plot (or summary or synopsis) of my book has been the most daunting task by far, but I can say with confidence that it is equally the most energizing task to have completed.
Rebecca van den Ham
3rd Place: ONE KISS IS NOT ENOUGH
Janet Riehecky
5th Place: CRACKED CRYSTAL
Pull the Thread, Keep the Ball Rolling
My notes app (and the twenty half-filled, half-abandoned journals I have stacked in the corner of my bookshelf) are full of threads I have yet to either pull or weave into writing.
Procrastination Stations Retrograde
I circle the drain of I thought. I thought I’d find a writing routine by now. I thought I’d be so excited about this course that my normal pitfalls of procrastination would have no space to arrive on the scene.
Unboxing (not as metaphor)
Imposter syndrome will find all sorts of evidence to reinforce its seedy agenda and I want to be clear right off the bat that in almost every case, that evidence is invalid. I know this with certainty somewhere in my mind…
