Recently I participated in a quantum jump, a kind of guided-meditation-self-hypnosis thingy that is supposed to yield a greater understanding of my higher self, feelings of peace and harmony, and, I don’t know, the ability to manifest things I want. Like that. I don’t actually believe in it. Fortunately, the person who guides the quantum…
Month: March 2014
Dojo Wisdom for Writers Book Club – Lesson #21
Welcome to the Dojo Wisdom for Writers Book Club! Every Wednesday, we meet to discuss one of the lessons in Dojo Wisdom for Writers. We’ll go in order, so it’s easy enough to follow along. Read the lesson, then read the blog post, then comment in the comments! Do feel free to comment on each…
On what to do when you get there
“No horizon perceived by human eyes is ever the shore, because beyond that horizon is another.” —Flaubert If you’re like me, you’re accustomed to setting goals and achieving them, and you know all the rules, that your goals have to be Specific, and Measurable, and Achievable, and Relevant, and Timed, or some iteration of that,…
On doing the work, revisited
I am trying to find the language I want to use to talk about doing the work in such a way that you get better and better at it. By that I don’t mean you find shortcuts and keyboard macros. I mean you learn to tell the story in a more emotionally resonant way, or…