Monday Motivation - Creative, Resourceful, and Whole
How Writers Write by HappyWriter
English - September 07, 2020 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.35 MB - ★★★★★ - 143 ratingsFiction Education How To writing writing tips writing inspiration inspiration author interviews authors mfa how to write Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Welcome to Monday Motivation - Creative, Resourceful, and Whole
Before we kick off this episode, my friends, I have just completed a project that was a total blast. So, you know how I ask each guest for their one piece of writing advice? I went through the first 35 episodes, transcribed the answers, and dropped them into a FREE eBook for you to download. Did I say free? Why, yes, I did. Free. To get your copy and also get a sneak sneak sneak peek into our new writing community- HappyWriter, head over to howwriterswrite.com/ebook. Again... howwriterswrite.com/ebook ENJOY!
One of the fundamental beliefs of the institute where I did my coaching training is that people are naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. It is one of the first things you learn during your first weekend of live training. I remember sitting in the conference room in an enormous hotel in New York with just twenty or so other first-time coaches, hearing those words, and almost feeling like an exhale. My entire life I bucked against anyone who said people are born bad or sinful, and yet I also acknowledge our capacity for tremendous evil. My truth is that we all contain the raw materials for anything—evil, genius, creativity, and goodness. And so when I heard the phrase in coaching, it connected dots in my head in a profound way.
The writer in me loves the phrase because each word does so much work. If you take out a single word in the statement it all falls apart. Ahhh... good crisp writing.
So what does it mean as a writer to be naturally creative, resourceful, and whole? It means you naturally have just about all you need to tell stories. Now, that doesn't mean you're going to need to work your tail off. It certainly doesn't mean you have all the skills and experience you need. But, how I read it is that you have the raw materials.
The statement is hugely empowering because of the word naturally.
It means that if you have a big plot problem, that's okay, you can tackle it because you are naturally creative.
If you don't have enough time, that's okay, you can find the blocks of time you need because you are naturally resourceful.
If you get some tough feedback and want to quit, that's okay, because you are naturally whole.
You are naturally what you need to be a storyteller.