by Kathryn | 29 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Five
What do you want in the next phase of your creative life? Naming what you want is a brave act. But sometimes, it can be hard to be clear. Sometimes, what you want can look pretty fuzzy. Once, in my twenties, a therapist gave me a booklet full of...
by Kathryn | 28 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Five
When I was thirteen, I was sleeping over at my friend Jenny’s house. Her father was a musician. He played folk music, which Jenny and I considered boring and for old people. On this particular weekend, Jenny’s father had been given tickets for a performance by a folk...
by Kathryn | 27 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Five
A few years ago, Liane Moriarty, the author of Big Little Lies, was a little burnt out. Her books have sold millions of copies and been adapted for the screen by Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon – and with that wild success came a great deal of pressure. Liane...
by Kathryn | 26 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Five
Each December, I choose a focus word for the following year. The process helps me centre in on where I want my attention to be for the year ahead. This year, my word is ‘Courage’. Courage is at the heart of writing. Trusting yourself, holding tight to hope, stepping...
by Kathryn | 25 Aug 2024 | Deep: Week Four
How are you going with your daily writing prompts, I wonder? I hope that you are beginning to remember your own creative instinct. I hope that you are casting aside the inner editor and making mess on the page. I hope that you are connecting playfully with your own...
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