This is GREAT. It’s an important message to anyone who writes or wants to write and is paralyzed by the fear of getting it right. The great writers we individually admire? They all wrote things that sucked. We just didn't see them because those people weren't famous.
One of my writing heroes is Larry McMurtry and when he died last year, I read an interview where he said that he wrote a minimum of 1000 to 1500 words per day. That's how you get the suck out of the writing. Do it until you get better.
Thank you for writing this piece! It has so much application.
Ah. Thank you. I needed this reminder to just write. The bit about being afraid of not writing the truest truth because of the certainty of change. The fear of writing something wrong, that you later learn about and cringe at how you thought before. Letting myself capture a moment of where I am, with flexibility towards the self. So delicious! Thank you!
Also I have never come across anyone else who refers to folks endearingly as beans. hehe!
This is GREAT. It’s an important message to anyone who writes or wants to write and is paralyzed by the fear of getting it right. The great writers we individually admire? They all wrote things that sucked. We just didn't see them because those people weren't famous.
One of my writing heroes is Larry McMurtry and when he died last year, I read an interview where he said that he wrote a minimum of 1000 to 1500 words per day. That's how you get the suck out of the writing. Do it until you get better.
Thank you for writing this piece! It has so much application.
Ah. Thank you. I needed this reminder to just write. The bit about being afraid of not writing the truest truth because of the certainty of change. The fear of writing something wrong, that you later learn about and cringe at how you thought before. Letting myself capture a moment of where I am, with flexibility towards the self. So delicious! Thank you!
Also I have never come across anyone else who refers to folks endearingly as beans. hehe!
sweet spicy bean over here, giving you a squish!