Listening to yourself as a writer
Easier said than done, of course, to listen to yourself. Here is my New Year's resolution, though: to have the courage of my innermost insights into my characters and my story. I have had to feel my way with this novel more than with any fiction I've yet written. Some days I feel like a worm, just pushing forward. I hope it's forward! This is the difficulty! How do you know?
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About Harriet
Harriet Scott Chessman is the author of three acclaimed novels: Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, published in eight foreign countries and chosen as a #1 Booksense Pick in 2001; Someone Not Really Her Mother, a Good Morning America Read This! book club...
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Causes Harriet Chessman Supports
Crowded Fire Theater in San Francisco. Authors Guild. PEN.
Harriet’s Favorite Books
A snapshot of favorite books this year or so: The Gathering (Anne Enright); Atlantis (Mark Doty); The Delivery Room (Sylvia Brownrigg); Heidegger's Glasses (...
Sharing a reseloution!!!
I came to this site for a little inspiration. I'd like to write but I've always been intimiidated to put pen to paper or is that fingers to keyboard? Thanks for your sharing your reseloution for the new year.
The urge to write
I think it's a great urge, this desire to write. I carried this desire with me for more years than I'd like to acknowledge, as I taught and raised my children and did all kinds of other things. One day, the desire caught up with me, and perhaps got noisier -- hurt more to hold in. I think if you focus on the urge to start writing, rather than on the anxiety about will come out, you'll be in fine shape.
I agree!
Hi Harriet,
I completely agree with your description of the urge to write. I always wonder how many other moms are out there, raising their kids, doing the laundry and yet wanting to write! I was certainly one of those moms.
Hope to see you around the neighborhood soon!
Best,
Firoozeh