Writing through Hesitations to Certainty (Or Close Enough)

[jeannineatkins]

I don’t think many writers would suggest this is a profession for the timid. We’ve got to set up sentences and stand by them. We may look as if we’re the sort of people who can’t be pushed around, but we have to be off the ground before we find sure footing, maybe off track to appreciate the one we finally make. Inspiration makes as many traps as

Comments

[anonymous]

Jeannine, What wonderful words in just the right places! I'm struggling through my own historical WIP right now and finding the nonfiction part of my brain at odds with the poetry part, knowing enough of the historical details to want accuracy, needing the chutzpah to be arrogant with my words. So thank you for this. Doraine

[jeannineatkins]

Dori, I wish we could have tea and chat about all of this! I think I've written more about this over the years on other blogs. If you click on the tag "history," at the right of my blog, maybe you'll find something that spurs your thinking. Here's the link at my new wordpress blog, which I'm moving over to soon:

http://jeannineatkinsonwritingandstuff.wordpress.com/tag/writing-about-history/

Thanks for reading, and good luck with your project!

[anonymous]

Oh my. Wouldn't I just love a cup of tea and a chat!

[jeannineatkins]

Some day! Fingers crossed!

[jeannineatkins]

I love your good sense!