Writing is about the search for the effortless path. Our job is to test for resistance with every scene, sentence, and word. When we meet it, we have to find a different way forward.

Sometimes we have a low-running fear of writing. We’ve created unfriendly story about what’s waiting for us at the desk. We have to change that story and make it as friendly as possible

Fear is always a movement away from, love is a movement toward. Both are creative, but only one creates on purpose.

You would think we wouldn’t need to ask this, but it’s easy sometimes to accept experiences AND stories we don’t really like. Pay close attention to your preferences. They’re your best guide.

Writers sometimes romanticize how hard writing can be. It’s important to remember that effortlessness is the essence of our best work.

Your confidence doesn’t come from success. It’s something you’re born with that you have to find every time you write.

Jane Friedman interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UHldR_smYVs?si=Fb0klOIBQOpA7iHS

Your stories may or may not live on forever, but what you tap into to write them is eternal.

Writing teaches us that our focus is everything. Nothing can control our focus but ourselves. The conditions of our life will change, but our focus will always be in our control.