Here’s Cristy Zinn’s take on those seasons where you feel like you can’t write and what to do during those times.
Tag: Writing life
Fighting the story teller’s expectations
“I do wonder, though, if the potential for disappointment with life doesn’t increase in proportion to one’s capacity to imagine something better.”
Hitting the right note: how music influences my writing
Suzanne van Rooyen talks about the role music plays in her writing process.
Writing for the American gaze
Joanne Macgregor talks about why it makes sense for her to write for an American audience, and how she manages even though she lives a world away.
Where visual art and creative writing meet part 2
In my previous article, “Where Visual Art and Creative Writing Meet” the projects I described were equally balanced between visual art and writing. Some of the stories came out of drawings or…
How to overcome imposter syndrome as a writer
Here’s how to ward off Imposter Syndrome – a self-destructive pattern of behaviour where you are unable to acknowledge your own accomplishments.
The rules stole my joy & how I got it back
I was so busy trying to avoid all these pitfalls, the joy of writing evaporated. I questioned every word. Every sentence I wrote was awful. All the cozy fun disappeared.
Is science fiction a dangerous lie?
We already have a self-contained, self-sustaining habitat, and one that works beautifully. Our planet Earth. The idea of escaping from the mess we’re making and setting up shop elsewhere in the universe is seductive but ultimately harmful.