Antiauktoritär...

"You say you’ll write for an hour on Saturday morning. Once your writing time rolls around, you ‘don’t feel like it’ so you do something else. You chafe against structure so you never end up finishing your articles, stories and book.
Or…
You set up studio time, and choose a specific focus for your work. But once in the studio, you pass hours not getting anything done. You assert your right to ‘flow’.
Often creative people internalize the obstinate stance. We become so accustomed to positioning ourselves against something that we struggle against ourselves."

Jag känner igen mig i dessa ord så att jag nästan rodnar...Läs hela Cynthia Morris´ artikel här.

Cynthia om det roliga i att påbörja nya projekt, och att stanna kvar i ett

Dra nytta av trollet

Cynthia Morris ger tips om hur du kontrollera den inre kritikern och dra nytta av honom/henne istället för att tystas ner.

10 skrivtips till romanförfattaren

"A pet peeve of Drusilla’s is the use of the word ‘as’ to connote simultaneous action. She threw her coat off as she plowed through the door. He sighed as he rubbed his hand over his face. Writers are often trying to place action into the story in an attempt to bring us into the setting. Write each action on it’s own and make sure that the action takes us somewhere and moves the story forward. If you are using ‘as’ be sure that the action is happening at the same time, and that it makes sense."
Författarcoachen Cynthia Morris delar med sig av skrivråd hon fick på en workshop.
Bra råd som dyker upp överallt om och om igen, men som man kan behöva påminnas om.
Obs! Det handlar alltså inte om experimentell, egenartad litteratur, utan mer om basic berättande, att skapa en fungerande berättelse med framåtrörelse.

Lyssna till din inre storasyster

Kloka författarcoachen Cynthia Morris föreslår att man lyssnar till sin inre, uppmuntrande storasyster istället för den där lille fule, elake, skitige, ni vet...(den inre kritikern).

En känslomässig investering

Att skapa är underbart och helande men också krävande känslomässigt sett. Cynthia Morris ger här lite kloka råd och stöttning.

Kärlek till skrivandet

Cynthia Morris frågade författare om vad de älskar med skrivandet. Väldigt inspirerande att lyssna på, tycker jag!

Writual

"Writual - this hybrid word came to me some years ago and when I got the cosmic download, I recognized it immediately.
Writing, to me, is a magical process. When we get into the zone, writing as fast as we can, spilling our thoughts on the page, a kind of transformation happens. We forget time, we write beyond our minds, and we tap a deeper wisdom and power.
I’ve felt this myself and have seen it in the hundreds of people I’ve lead in free writing. I set the timer and we write for 10, 15, then 20 minutes. By the end of the 45 minutes the energy in the room is akin to that in a cathedral – hushed, sacred, deeply satisfying and awe-inspiring.
Countless writers have emerged from the writing trance and then claimed they didn’t remember writing what they’ve penned.
This kind of magic does not come through thinking. No. It happens when we rub two sticks together – thinking and words on the page – to create a fire as if from nothing.
Writual is far away from the way of writing that only comes from berating, disciplining, or forcing ourselves to get butt in chair and write. You’re much less likely to avoid your writing if you bring intention and devotion to your practice."
Läs mer i Cynthia Morris´ inspirerande artikel.

Fortsatt kreativ under jullovet

Läs Cynthia Morris´goda råd om hur du kan tänka och göra för att prioritera ditt skapande jag under jullovet (lika bra att förbereda sig redan nu ;-).