by Kathryn | 2 Jul 2023 | Flow: Week Six
Here we are, at the end of Immersion. The final day of what I hope has been an awakening for your words. Every year, the British writer Jill Dawson and I lead two retreats for writers we’ve mentored. One retreat takes place in-person and one online. Whether online or...
by Kathryn | 1 Jul 2023 | Flow: Week Six
Jump straight to today's prompt here. We are nearly at the end of our six weeks and I hope that you’ve found some new practices and new beliefs. The act of remaking yourself as an artist is a daily event. We become by doing. This isn’t a six-week practise but a...
by Kathryn | 30 Jun 2023 | Flow: Week Six
Jump straight to today's prompt here. Annie Dillard, the American nature writer, said that the writing life “requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness to be alone with oneself. To be...
by Kathryn | 29 Jun 2023 | Flow: Week Six
Jump straight to today's prompt here. In 1940 a French soldier, Olivier Messian – was captured during the German invasion and marched to a prisoner of war camp. Over several days of enforced marching, he began composing, first in his head, and then later with a...
by Kathryn | 28 Jun 2023 | Flow: Week Six
Jump straight to today's prompt here. We looked yesterday at remembering the why of writing: without that reminder, we can run out of steam pretty fast. I’ve mentored scores of writers over the last two decades, and many of them have made the leap from aspiring writer...
by Kathryn | 27 Jun 2023 | Flow: Week Six
Jump straight to today's prompt here. When asked that question, Isaac Asimov famously replied with: “For the same reason I breathe.” I love the implication of necessity his response evokes: I write because I will not survive if I don’t. I write because it is my life...
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