Thank you, Keri. I need to pause more and ask myself more questions about situations. I look forward to meeting you next month at West Coast Christian Writers Conference.
To model excellent curiosity, read the first few chapters of Genesis. It reads like a grandparent's answers to a curious toddler's questions while someone else is preparing dinner. How did the sun, moon, stars and sky happen. Why are there plants, animals, water and people?
Definitely food for thought. I’m still stuck on this: “...To gently reject the messages that tamped down your creativity and inquisitive intelligence.” That right there is what has always hung me up on my writing. Because the underlying message I got from my mother’s reviewing of any writing I did was “why did you write this? What will people think?” And various other comments that basically sent the message: “don’t write because you will probably give away family secrets.” I discovered after her death that she had dismantled most of her old scrapbooks and school yearbooks, probably due to a fear of me using those as resources/fodder for stories.
Ironically you posted this article on the 5th anniversary of her death.
Thank you, Keri. I need to pause more and ask myself more questions about situations. I look forward to meeting you next month at West Coast Christian Writers Conference.
To model excellent curiosity, read the first few chapters of Genesis. It reads like a grandparent's answers to a curious toddler's questions while someone else is preparing dinner. How did the sun, moon, stars and sky happen. Why are there plants, animals, water and people?
You’re really captured an important quality for a writer
Definitely food for thought. I’m still stuck on this: “...To gently reject the messages that tamped down your creativity and inquisitive intelligence.” That right there is what has always hung me up on my writing. Because the underlying message I got from my mother’s reviewing of any writing I did was “why did you write this? What will people think?” And various other comments that basically sent the message: “don’t write because you will probably give away family secrets.” I discovered after her death that she had dismantled most of her old scrapbooks and school yearbooks, probably due to a fear of me using those as resources/fodder for stories.
Ironically you posted this article on the 5th anniversary of her death.
Glad I found this article. Keep up the good work!