Good Habits
“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” Octavia E. Butler
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Entries by Bethany
Why Pushing Ourselves Makes Us Less Productive
Why Pushing Ourselves Makes Us Less Productive. I really love this post from Lauren Sapala’s blog and wanted to share it with you. Timely for me. “We can imagine the present moment as a seed, or the bud of a flower. Our creative force is contained in that seed and we are also present with […]
Why I Write
I often get my ideas for blog posts from conversations with friends. Last night my daughter Annie and I visited my good friend who is going to California next week and needs a dog sitter. As things turned out, the adorable mutt bit the heck out of my hand (I tried to be a good […]
The essential question…
“The essential question is, ‘Have you found a space, that empty space, which should surround you when you write?’ Into that space, which is like a form of listening, or of attention, will come the words your characters will speak, ideas–inspiration.” Doris Lessing