Saturday, July 11, 2015

Still writing?


Dani Shapiro, author of Still Writing on writing:



"I write in order to discover what I don’t yet know. To peel back the layers and see what has been previously hidden from view. I don’t choose the form this discovery takes. When I have tried to force the form, it turns around and bites me. And so I have learned to pay attention to what the work itself wants to be. If we’re quiet, the work announces itself. When it makes itself known, we had best pay attention."

Above excerpt from her Facebook post 7/11/15.
We all know how it feels to have dozens of writing ideas floating above our pen, or on our screen.
Read the full post if this feels familiar to you, as it does to me. http://danishapiro.com/on-inquiry/

Helen Gallagher

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