Its insane how policed my creative side is. "Not now, not useful, not good enough, too weird, too hard to explain to others, not unique" are some thoughts that I patrol myself with without necessarily realizing it
I loved this! I’m looking forward to getting these every morning. Lately, I’ve been getting inspiration from listening to an interview between Bianca Marais and Lily King that ran on the Shit No One Tells You About Writing podcast on July 27 (a rebroadcast). King talks about getting used to rejection and about how to keep writing when you feel like you have nothing to say. If you loved Writers & Lovers, you will love this interview. I’ve listened to it four times now, and every time I found myself sitting down to write just afterwards.
I can give myself permission to be creative
Its insane how policed my creative side is. "Not now, not useful, not good enough, too weird, too hard to explain to others, not unique" are some thoughts that I patrol myself with without necessarily realizing it
YES!!! It can be so hard to turn that inner critic off. I like to tell mine to take a nap and tuck them in. It doesn’t always work.
I loved this! I’m looking forward to getting these every morning. Lately, I’ve been getting inspiration from listening to an interview between Bianca Marais and Lily King that ran on the Shit No One Tells You About Writing podcast on July 27 (a rebroadcast). King talks about getting used to rejection and about how to keep writing when you feel like you have nothing to say. If you loved Writers & Lovers, you will love this interview. I’ve listened to it four times now, and every time I found myself sitting down to write just afterwards.
Shawna, thanks so much for this!! I am definitely going to give it a listen!
I hope you love it as much as I do! Thank you again for this newsletter!