on writing
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tiktok.comI think about creative permission a lot, and I struggle with giving myself permission to write. maybe I need someone else to tell me it’s okay, and that I’m allowed
Margaret Atwood: Once in August
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Morning pages don't work for everyone. Daily writing isn't holy. Some of us need to binge-create for 72 hours then disappear for three weeks. Some of us write best at 2am with a crying baby in the next room.
Stop pathologising your pattern. Start honouring it.
Lois Macsubstack.com- YouTube
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"When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation."
~ Jorge Luis Borges
Brandon Westlakesubstack.com
For sure the funnest and most maniacal stage of writing a novel for me is this one, when I’m cutting it up and taping it back together.
Ottessa Moshfeghsubstack.com