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“Il faut cultiver notre jardin,” —Voltaire
For those of us who don’t do fancy French, this means:
“We must cultivate our garden,” says Pangloss at the end of Voltaire’s Candide.
No sentiment could be truer for women who write. Stop focusing on the whole wide world. Instead, maintain a space that is your own and encourages the fruits of your labors to blossom.
But the process of growing our garden requires the right tools. Reading this blog and learning how to revise your own stories could help you cultivate your garden, obtain peace of mind, and establish your writing legacy. Happy reading and writing!
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5 Things to Do When You Can’t Write
Unfortunately, downtimes will happen as a writer. Don’t fret!
These writing breaks or hiatuses are necessary. They’re the pauses in a piece of music. The silence that’s necessary for us to hear the notes. Or sleep at the end of a challenging day.
In short, writing breaks are a needed rest. So what do you do when you can’t write?
This is the End
Endings.
Ever struggle with those in your writing?
This isn’t my usual birth—death—rebirth-themed nugget of inspiration. Although that’s an important concept to consider anytime you’ve reached the culmination of something.
Today, I want to address the kinds of endings that must well—truly end.