tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582457967959829033.post193837810964746442..comments2024-03-27T09:02:30.595-07:00Comments on The Constant Story: The Generous Writer David W. Bernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01032217219609798142noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582457967959829033.post-73228118803477493892018-03-07T18:27:13.766-08:002018-03-07T18:27:13.766-08:00Love this. Comes at a good time for me, too. I'...Love this. Comes at a good time for me, too. I'm published. And honored to be. Traditional publishers who think I have something to share. But I refuse to let others decide if I'm "a writer." I decide. I may not write in the "formula" of others; I may not "stick to the rules" or the "conventional wisdom" of what makes a "great writer" -- but I know that I have something to say. <br />From Rilke's "Letters to a Young Poet"- he writes about finding stories in your life and believing in those stories:<br />"And if from this turn inwards, from this submersion into your own world, there come verses, then it will not occur to you to ask anyone whether they are good verses....a work of art is good if it has risen out of necessity." <br />David W. Bernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032217219609798142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582457967959829033.post-26998052563440759382018-03-05T16:08:49.817-08:002018-03-05T16:08:49.817-08:00Following David's request, here is a copy of s...Following David's request, here is a copy of some stirring words I came across recently. They surely make me feel better about the writerly life on wobbly self-belief days - <br /><br />You're a great writer.<br />Not an aspiring writer, a mediocre writer,<br />or a someday, somehow, almost writer.<br />You're a great writer, right now.<br />People are going to line up ten deep to tell you that you aren't good enough. Don't do their work for them.<br />Maybe you aren't published.<br />Maybe you aren't successful.<br />You definitely aren't perfect.<br />But you're a great writer.<br />Being great doesn't mean you won't continue to improve, or be excited and passionate.<br />My awesome takes nothing away from your awesome;<br />your awesome takes nothing away from my awesome.<br />Awesome is not a finite resource.<br />So say it. Out loud. Every day.<br />"I'M A GREAT WRITER!"<br /><br />Feeling better now?<br />Christine Larsenhttp://www.cdcraftee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582457967959829033.post-49387297019873607162018-03-05T14:19:31.967-08:002018-03-05T14:19:31.967-08:00Oh, I would agree! Especially when I write fiction...Oh, I would agree! Especially when I write fiction. I have NO IDEA where it is going. (Maybe a little) But my writing leads me. I do not lead my writing. Never have used an outline. Good and bad to that. But it's the only way I know how to write. David W. Bernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032217219609798142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582457967959829033.post-3937157403035188702018-03-05T14:18:13.690-08:002018-03-05T14:18:13.690-08:00Thanks you, Christine. When I heard the radio inte...Thanks you, Christine. When I heard the radio interview, it just got me to thinking. Happy it resonated with you somehow. <br />David W. Bernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032217219609798142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582457967959829033.post-63422298658536013542018-03-05T12:23:56.979-08:002018-03-05T12:23:56.979-08:00Thought provoking, although sometimes I feel like ...Thought provoking, although sometimes I feel like my writing writes me rather than the other way round. Ashley Costinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582457967959829033.post-73803311517503949342018-03-05T11:12:41.188-08:002018-03-05T11:12:41.188-08:00Beautiful words for such worthy thoughts.
Generous...Beautiful words for such worthy thoughts.<br />Generous of you to share, David.Christine Larsenhttp://www.cdcraftee.comnoreply@blogger.com