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Writer's drought.

9/12/2016

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An interesting thing has happened.  I suddenly don’t know how to write anymore.  It’s like I finally finished the first draft of my book, and my creative self decided to go sip margaritas on a beach in Mexico while I sit here trying to figure out if anything I’ve written is worth publishing.  Not only can I not write, I cannot discern what (of mine) is and isn’t good writing.  And then I pick up a copy of Glennon Doyle Melton’s new memoir, Love Warrior, and it’s like -- Forget it.  I am never, ever going to be able to explain things as beautifully as she does.  Why bother?  
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I do, in theory, want to have writers to look up to and teachers to follow, but lately it’s making me feel more inferior than anything.  It took me 30 minutes to write a 3-sentence email last night.  I have been staring at this page for the last 10 minutes wondering what to write next.  This is what a drought is like.  Time to dig deep and tend to the soil.  Do a little rain dance.  Pray.  Wait.  And believe that yes, I do have something to say, but not today.  

​Maybe tomorrow.

p.s.  If you don't know Glennon's work, check it out.  I thought I was pretty good at practicing vulnerability until I started reading her stuff.  She is the real deal.  I am taking notes.
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