It’s been my experience as a freelance writer, especially in the beginning years, that there can be stretches of time between assignments that can be a blessing in a very good disguise.
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“That is absolutely incredibly magnificent. I LOVE it!” That is stage one of a writer’s group, usually for beginning writers who are building courage. It’s a huge deal to read your writing in front of others. A safe group brimming over with affirmation is a great way to start.
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“Write in real time.” That was Taylor Swift’s writing advice to 45,000 (mostly girls and women of course) in Toronto’s Rogers Centre last week. Clearly, writing is therapeutic to Swift. She didn’t apologize. And she gave a prescription to her faithful followers: Write what you feel. When you feel it.
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Someday, I can write about this. That’s what I thought as I flopped around like a gagging rag doll in my husband’s arms as he performed the Heimlich maneuver-ish to dislodge the olive pit stuck in my throat. In the first five minutes of a dinner party. In a posh corner of downtown Toronto. In a penthouse apartment.
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The other day, I diagnosed a friend with OWS (Other Writer Syndrome). She was telling me that she used to think she would write a book, until she read the writing of someone else and grew discouraged. My friend is suffering from a common ailment, and one I know well.
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