on the power of showing up
note: I wrote this post in April of 2019 (pre-COVID). It's been sitting in my drafts for quite a while, but I think it's time for it to see the light of day. It's been helpful for me to reread over the past few months, especially as I continue to try to make an effort to write, and I hope it can be helpful to you, too. i got an invite to a writers' group a few months ago, and i had never felt like more of a fraud in my life. it had been months, if not years, since i'd felt like a writer. the proverbial well of words in my heart had dried up, it seemed, and i wasn't sure if it was ever coming back. i agreed to go out of a sense of helplessness—i'd identified as a writer ever since i could remember. if i'm not a writer, who am i? i told myself that it was important to show up and act like a writer even when i didn't feel like one, because even though i hadn't been writing, i reassured myself, i still was a writer. but sometimes the words f
Thank you. Truly.
ReplyDeleteAnd cheers for a villain! *cheers* I'm sorry, I'm a wee bit behind the times, what kind of name are you looking for? (Is your NaNo fantasy, contemp, historical? Sorry- I know I should already know this! :P)
Ooh!! Go to this site
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rinkworks.com/namegen/
it's really good, and if the villain is a girl you should look under "Old Latin Place Names" or something along those lines.
iGirl/Dani
Thanks for the reminder, Sky. I'm a perfectionist too, so it's hard for me to realize that it's NOT going to be perfect--ever.
ReplyDeleteBut it can be the best I can make it.
~Keaghan
Hey! Its Marissa from Feathers and Dust.
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