From Guest Blogger, Stephen Oliver. Can’t write, no excuse! Enjoy the article and please visit Stephen on his website.
CONDITIONS – A WRITER’S PERSPECTIVE
Stephen Oliver
Here are some thoughts I had during a writers’ retreat in May 2019, but it’s still as true now.
“I can’t write because…”
Name your problem: space, time, people, inspiration, whatever.
I have heard this, seen this, read this, more times than I care to remember, especially in the last year, since I became active in several Facebook writing groups.
Sorry, people, but that isn’t a reason for not writing. It’s an excuse. And a lame one at that.
Yesterday, I stood in the cottage where Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived for three years with his wife and family. It was by far the worst house in the village. The rooms were small, and the only heating came from a small fire in one room. When the…
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