#123: Writer’s Mind, Beginner’s Mind

Hello Story Nurse,I want to write a novel. But I'm stuck. I have previously published non-fiction work in thesis, publication, monograph and script format. To me this kind of writing is, if not easy, intuitive. Pitching what I'm writing to the right audience is my particular strength. I've written for experts in my field and …

#11: Revision Requires Letting Go

There are very few arts or crafts where an important part of creation is destroying part of what you've created. Even sculptors don't have to make the marble before they start chipping it away.

#7: Working on Broken Drafts

Over time, as you write more, you will learn to recognize which ideas can be developed easily, which can be developed painstakingly, and which can't be developed. And you will learn more about your own process of development, which will help make both easy and difficult development go more smoothly.