The Writing Process:
Wendy’s Newsletter No. 1February 22nd 2014
Hello all
you writerly and readerly people...
Welcome, writers and readers all, to
my brand new Newsletter. Here in my first Weekly Newsletter. In this I
hope to share with you the inspirations, aspirations, ideas, methods and
processes that have kept me loving my writing process and enjoying some success
with people out there who have loved it too, during readings and writing
workshops during the last twenty years.
I have an idea that this might
work for you too.
Every
day some new writing. So easy to sit down at the keyboards or with notebook in
hand. Still, I find writing anything but routine. I am truly
astonished at articles and blog posts that say what a dreadful toil the writing
process.
Every day, with writing at the core of my
life, I discover things about myself I never knew before. I would argue with
the rather widespread notion of writing as therapy, but I have no doubt that
writing every day has a therapeutic effect.
Every day produces something new: a new idea, a new
approach to writing, to reading, to
researching and reviewing. One day we are
inspired by someone who turns present day despair about publishing into the
personal adventure of independent publishing. Another day we meet a new
contact who urges us to try a new thing- this Newsletter for instance.
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| Francine, my writer- heroine in WRITING AT THE MAISON BLEUE |
Another day we read an article that takes away the
mystique of something that has seemed difficult. For me last week it was
learning how to free-hand design the cover for my new novel Writing at
the Maison Bleue for Kindle That was fun. Then the design for
the paperback was - as you see on my blog - an entirely
different kettle of fish.
It is happening all the time. This week
I was excited when a writer friend discovered an image on the Internet that
will change the whole direction of her novel.
No wonder after all this time I still continue to
love my writing processes and I hope that this newsletter will inspire you to
love yours. It is entirely about the process – not some distant dream of
publication, fame or fortune. Just love your writing and your life will be truly
enhanced.
Next week – fun ways of finding your
unique writing voice...
In
the meantime - happy reading, happy writing, happy living. happy loving..
Wendy
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PPS I’ll
let you into a secret. My
long term plan is to offer this Newsletter to my writing and reading friends
weekly until February 2016. After that (fingers crossed) I will combine my
feelings about these processes, ideas and inspirations in a book to be
called
The
Determined Butterfly.
Between you and me, I have this idea
that I would like to incorporate in that book any inspirations YOU may have
regarding the Writing Process and its inspirations and ideas. Let me know. Wx
The Insomniac and the Night Box
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| Available on Kindlo now and in Paperback from May 1st. |
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