Themes and symbols happen. You don’t have to try very hard to find them. Our brains are hardwired to find meaning in everything. So let go of trying to construct it in your story.
Wordless writing feels different from thinking-writing. It’s more collaborative. Writing from a wordless place makes it feel like you’re writing from the inside of the story.
On April 12, 2019, Cherie Dimaline and I met to discuss story, ceremony, craft, and magic.
Works and writers mentioned:
Listen now (1:08:09 minutes):
I help writers centre their relationship with writing so they can do the creative work they long to do.
My collection, This Cake Is for the Party, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book, and longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.
My novel, Radiant Shimmering Light, was published in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the U.K., the U.S., and Poland. I’m thrilled to announce it has been optioned for television and will be a premium one-hour series.
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