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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Carrie Nassif This book was actually conceived by an implausible accusation about three or four years ago. In a pique of anger, my mother had told my younger sister…moreThis book was actually conceived by an implausible accusation about three or four years ago. In a pique of anger, my mother had told my younger sister to tell me that I had been born a twin. This was nothing that had ever been alluded to in my past and my dad had denied it but he was not the most reliable historian either. During COVID, I had some time on my hands and the notion kept turning itself over in my head. I just kept thinking, "what if?" and that curiosity provided the genesis of this book. (less)

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Carrie Nassif If I'm stuck on how to express something that I feel is almost ready to be written, I'll usually go for for a long meandering walk - preferably not on…moreIf I'm stuck on how to express something that I feel is almost ready to be written, I'll usually go for for a long meandering walk - preferably not on a trail I know the end of. Getting active and literally changing my perspective almost always gives me the time or shift I need to address it.
However, during the whole process of writing, "the vulture girl" I never knew what would be coming next. There would be a sense of curiosity about something, like a calling toward some symbol (an example might be recognizing rabbit as an inner guide) and I would physically inhabit whatever related yoga pose I could find and breath slowly and deeply, listening for as long as it would take until a voice started telling me a story.
Otherwise, what other people call writer's block, I usually consider "incubation." This is a necessary part of the creativity process and I have to remind myself of this as often as I tell my coaching clients. We just can't be productive all of the time. I try to be patient and compassionate and to nourish myself during this phase, giving my literary mind free reign to explore wikkipedia rabbit holes, books that seem like they need reading even if they have no connection at all, permission to take extra naps, and, you guessed it, lots and lots of walks!(less)

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“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.”
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