Roadblocks to Renewal

So here we are at the tail end of spring, and the brink of summer--a season of activity. And for writers, what's better than a summer spent writing? Recently I've talked with you about the energy of renewal that spring brings and harnessing that in your writing practice. It's such a perfect time to cultivate the seeds of fresh stories, or to give new life to those you've buried or set aside.

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I've heard from some of you about how challenging it can be to engage in this way. One of you writes, "What's most challenging for me with my writing project(s) is continuing or picking up my work through the bumps and interruptions in my life. I suppose I'm not swimming alone in a revolving flux of idiosyncratic secondary characters and distracting self-defeating jargon." That is so powerful! Not only is this an accurate portrayal of how life tries to besiege our writing practice, sometimes on a daily basis, but this writer nails it by calling out how we're not alone in this predicament. This distraction can also present as the feeling of not having enough time, or even a general malaise and lack of motivation, as another writer friend of mine is struggling with. It can also present as the tremendous weight of grief or other trauma that we're enduring as part of life.

I actually want to design some kind of live virtual writer's gathering specifically around grief and trauma later this year, so stay tuned for that.

But for now, let's hone in on working through these and any road blocks. At the crux of these roadblocks is really one thing—our inner connection to our work, and to our process and practice. When that connection is strong, nothing gets in the way for very long. When we re-enliven this connection, we'll take the time to write, even if it's only five minutes at the end of an exhausting day. Our excitement to do our chases away the malaise of boredom and inertia. We'll even be able to write as we wade through the deep waters of grief and trauma, because as the first writer who shared her thoughts with me so wisely put it, "that's where all the Spirit Guides like to hang out." So true, my wise and wild woman writer friend!

The good news is that anyone can access this connection at anytime—right now, today even! It really just starts by taking a few minutes to listen to your writer's spirit, and then writing what your soul tells you to write.

In my Writing As Renewal experience, we'll move gently into this space of access and renewal and build on it, bringing these stories of our heart to life!

I'll share one more post with you before I launch this experience on May 21, in which I'll give just a few examples of how others have vanquished these road blocks to writing and plugged into that connection to their writer's spirit and those stories waiting to blossom and grow.

As always, I'd love to hear how you're resonating with your sense of renewal. You can leave a comment here, or reach me by email at anne@writeranne.net, or give me a shout out on social media.

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Talk to you soon!