Reading: The Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner.
Writing: A story about an awkward date in a coffee shop.
Revising: A story about paint spills.
Thinking: Do I have the courage to write the novel in my head?
Worrying: My husband will think all of my stories are about us. They're not.
Brainstorming: Creative challenges to increase my language skills.
Blogging: This.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Friday, April 12, 2013
Here it goes!
What is your passion? What do you love? What is your creative outlet?
All very good questions, and questions to which I thought I had forgotten the answer. The truth is, I've known the answer all along. All of the normal clutter fooled me into thinking I had no passion or creative outlet. You know the ones: "I don't have time," "I'm no good," "It's just an old hobby."
The irony is that for years I have been harping to others "You have time for what you make time for." It's time to take my own advice.
I recently read Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. In it he describes the theory that in order for a person to master a skill, they must dedicate 10,000 hours to learning and practicing that skill. Writing has always been a joy for me. I would love to turn it into a real skill. This blog is way to hold myself accountable, keep track of my progress, practice writing, and share my journey as a mom and writer with you.
I hope to update you on projects, inspirations, tidbits I find about writing and publishing, and lessons learned in this grand experiment called parenthood.
Here it goes!
E.
All very good questions, and questions to which I thought I had forgotten the answer. The truth is, I've known the answer all along. All of the normal clutter fooled me into thinking I had no passion or creative outlet. You know the ones: "I don't have time," "I'm no good," "It's just an old hobby."
The irony is that for years I have been harping to others "You have time for what you make time for." It's time to take my own advice.
I recently read Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. In it he describes the theory that in order for a person to master a skill, they must dedicate 10,000 hours to learning and practicing that skill. Writing has always been a joy for me. I would love to turn it into a real skill. This blog is way to hold myself accountable, keep track of my progress, practice writing, and share my journey as a mom and writer with you.
I hope to update you on projects, inspirations, tidbits I find about writing and publishing, and lessons learned in this grand experiment called parenthood.
Here it goes!
E.
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