Not the fraudulent, step-on-people, build enormous walls arrogance. The arrogance of the poet or of the child, who says, “Look,” and it’s something you’ve never seen or something you’ve seen a hundred times, but, “Look,” and the tone, the inquisitive pride of the discoverer makes it new and glorious. That’s what you do, what we […]
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Recently I was listening to a book about artists and the routines and rituals they used every day to create the bodies of work now recognized as genius. As I listened to the story of Trollope, who rose every morning at 5:30 to write for three hours and then got ready for work, who if
My Imperfect Routines by Angie Powers Read More »
Very often when I’m faced with a task, I find myself waiting, avoiding starting at almost any cost without understanding why. If I think about the task at hand–sometimes that task is writing, other times it’s folding the laundry–I cannot come to an easy conclusion to explain the intense level of aversion I feel around taking on that
How to Know What To Do Next (For Writers) by Angie Powers Read More »
This November I’ve made a commitment to do National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Normally I hit such an event with a clear outline. I don’t necessarily have clear goals as to how many scenes I’ll write in a day. I have only that number NaNoWriMo offers: 1667 words a day. This NaNoWriMo I have very
Decision Fatigue, Anyone? Read More »
During a recent class I was teaching online, the conversation turned from story planning, goal setting and the like to the absolutely crappy feeling one can leave a writing conference with after seeing firsthand, and perhaps for the first time, the sheer volume of people, like ourselves, seeking the golden light of publication or at
Creative Existentialism: The Meaning of Write by Angie Powers Read More »
I used to dream that something was threatening me and I needed to run but I couldn’t move my legs, couldn’t propel my body into motion. In my waking life, a fear took hold that if I needed to run, I somehow wouldn’t be able to get going. Then one day I realized that in
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