😂 Love her! How do your favorite authors like @annelamott tune in? If you’re struggling to write something awe-inspiring, is it solely up to you? Surely, a writer can’t be penalized if their snoozy muse is asleep on the job! And if divine inspiration is real, it begs the question: How can we mere mortals gain favor from the gods? 🙏

Libraries are filled with books written by authors who beseeched the heavens and their muse to give them inspiration, protection, and compensation. There isn’t a writer alive who doesn’t want their creative endeavors to carry on when the honeymoon phase inevitably ends. That’s when many of us bow our heads (or, in #MaryKarr’s case, hit her knees, say a lot of swear words, and shoot her middle finger at the light bulb while saying, “Why do you want me to do this if it’s this damn hard?”).😜

Chapter 8 of #BeautifulWriters (Dancing with the Muse: Coaxing and Cultivating Creativity) contains awe-inspiring tips for how the greats collaborate with their higher power to craft their best work. Read as Van Jones, Steven Pressfield, Marianne Williamson, Elizabeth Gilbert, Danielle LaPorte, Paul Williams, Anita Moorjani, Leeza Gibbons, Elizabeth Lesser, Patricia Cornwell, and the fabulous Mary Karr reveal how their thoughts, prayers, & rituals deliver.

Can I get an amen?

https://bit.ly/BeautifulWriters (link in bio).

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