Photo by Jose Murillo on Unsplash The process of writing is endlessly fascinating. It is also urgent and takes us into mindspaces that witnesses to the human condition. Moreover, the writing life and its most profound creative processes provide perfect metaphors for life in general. Previously, I talked about Margaret Atwood’s metaphor of ‘negotiating with the…
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How myths form us, and other narrative alchemy
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash There are many reasons why narrative is vital, why writing is an extraordinary and powerful calling, none more so than the fact that story shapes our lives. How we perceive the world and therefore how we act in the world is intrinsically bound up with what we believe about…
12 ways to find your writing rhythm
Photo by Simon Maage on Unsplash In writing as in any creative endeavour, you have to have a practice that makes the writing happen. In busy, often over-stressed lives, this can be hard to achieve, but if you commit to being a writer then the call from within won’t leave you in peace until you satisfy…
How to cultivate the powerful mindset of a writer
Photo by Tom Holmes on Unsplash Beyond imagination, my most basic tool as a writer is my journal. As I mentioned in the last post my journal contains everything – my big quests and the steps towards them to do lists book notes ideas for stories snatches of poems in progress dreams and what they might…
10 powerful reasons why change begins with the magic of story
Stories are powerful. We don’t simply tell stories, we inhabit them. Since language began, we’ve been storytelling animals. Every time and culture has dominant stories that shape us, whether they are stories from religion, ideology or the market-place. Sometimes these stories have such a grip that it’s hard to see beyond them, yet alternative stories…
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