Writers: Embrace the Unknown

“What we hope for is to proceed from the known to the known. We are not enthused about abandoning the known and engaging the unknown.”

These words from the late nondual writer Robert Wolfe about spiritual awakening (in Living Nonduality, Ojai: Karina Library, 2009, 325) apply equally to writers. Our default comfort zone is to feel as if we know what we’re doing when we start putting words on the page. We commonly assume that the order of progression for producing a completed work is something lik...