my journey
Writing as an ambivert…
People have always assumed that I’m an extrovert due to my friendly nature. Truth be told – those who know me on a deeper level, know I’m actually an ambivert (an ambivert is a combination of a extrovert and introvert personality). However, when I am in the writing zone I become very introverted and live in my own world.
I spend lot of time on my own – imagining my story lines and characters, jotting down random strings of words which come to me and observing the world around me whilst remaining detached.
Thing is, I have to come out of my self imposed exile and connect to people when I want to get my writing out there and communicate it to the world.
For me writing means living in two separate worlds and hopefully my ambivert personality can continue to have a foothold in each, as for me that is the perfect balance needed for my creativity.
Inspiration: Quote from Matisse
Putting yourself out there, through your words – takes courage!
BE BRAVE!
Validation
Was thinking about my fears when it comes to my writing and I have realized I have worked through a lot of it thanks to some great advice.
I always used to fear not being validated but then I realized I dont need it!
The best piece of advice I have received from my mentor this year is:
To not give a #%$@ when people don’t support you and never share with them because its not worth it.
Its made me more confident and creative, enabled me to write more so that I have completed more work this year than ever (even with my bouts of not being able to write for various reasons).
Inspiration: My Favourite Novel
My favourite novel and one of my favourite quotes from said book:
“Collective madness is called sanity” by Paulo Coelho
What inspires me: I am still learning…
Something which I have learned is that we NEVER stop learning and that we need to feed that as we never have enough time to do everything we want to accomplish…
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi
What inspires me: Quote by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
What doesnt kill me makes me want to fight harder to have what I want and need…
“Bone by bone, hair by hair, Wild Woman comes back. Through night dreams, through events half understood and half remembered…”
― Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.
Short Story Competition: Epic Worlds
Entered my “The Beginning and The End” short story at the Epic Worlds competition: http://www.inkitt.com/epicworlds
Melbourne Spoken Word
Just discovered that an old acquaintance helped set this up which is a new organisation revolving around poetry and spoken word in Melbourne:
http://melbournespokenword.com/about/
Need my space…my writing space
I realised several months ago whilst having a Skype session with my mentor that I didn’t have my own space for writing.
Every writer needs to have their own physical place for working and for far too long I’ve been writing in all sorts of places without my own base.
Dont get me wrong – inspiration can hit me at any time and anywhere but I need somewhere I can come back to which is mine and only mine.
So I put it out there that I wanted an antique writing desk and it came to me.
My friend Queen B lost her mother several months ago and was selling some of her antique furniture. I asked my friend if she had a writers desk and she did so I organised to have a look at it. Its what I needed and wanted and after instinctually finding the key and opening it up, I knew it was meant to be.
The thing which has stayed with me is after I purchased it, Queen B told me that her mother would be so pleased a real writer was using it.
Now I just need to give it my own touch and I wont have any more excuses for not having my own private space for getting on with the task at hand…
Pictures taken by Queen B at her mum’s place.
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