I loved poetry as a little girl and in school, adored it as a student in Oxford, and read dozens, probably hundreds of volumes of poetry in graduate school, and for the two years after that.Then I started writing prose, and, as happens in many lives, … [Continue reading]
C.S. Lewis on Originality and creativity
C.S. Lewis on Originality and CreativityEven in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring tuppence how often it has been told before) you will, nine … [Continue reading]
“Free writing”
"For freedom Christ has set us free." And that is the way to write--rapidly, without too much of worry, looking over one's shoulder, worrying what people think, or trying too hard for perfection, which is not perfectly attainable on this … [Continue reading]
Returning to writing after a break
Oh, the Agony of returning to writing after a break.One has a monkey mind, leaping and skipping all over the place. So one just has to steadily plug on, until monkey mind calms down and settles down.Reading poetry helps.Poetry is truly one of the … [Continue reading]
Saul Bellow and breaking through a writer’s block. I love this story.
How Saul Bellow Broke Through a Crippling Writer's BlockIn 1949, Saul Bellow, thirty-three years old, with two books under his belt (Dangling Man and The Victim), was living in Paris on a Guggenheim fellowship, feeling pressured to produce … [Continue reading]
A Love Song for Poetry
Zoe asked me where I had got the title of my first book, "Wandering between Two Worlds" from. I told her it from from a Matthew Arnold poem, "Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse" which I had read when I was 16. I recited bits of it to … [Continue reading]
Returning to Writing after a Break
Oh, the agony of returning to writing after a break. One has a monkey mind, leaping and skipping all over the place. So one just has to steadily plug on, until monkey mind calms down and settles down. Reading poetry helps. Poetry is truly … [Continue reading]
Saul Bellow and Breaking through Writer’s Block.
How Saul Bellow Broke Through a Crippling Writer's Block In 1949, Saul Bellow, thirty-three years old, with two books under his belt (Dangling Man and The Victim), was living in Paris on a Guggenheim fellowship, feeling pressured to produce a … [Continue reading]
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