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If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
-Natalie Goldberg
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Natalie Goldberg
If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.
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