stop that voice
7th July 2016 | for Creatives | intuitive writing & pantsing, creating isn't easy, creative fear, art, Robert Olen Butler, writing, creating in the moment |
"Every artist in the world fights this battle every day. To go to a scary place that makes some other part of you say: What are you doing? No. Just no. No. No. The only way to create a work of literary art is to stop that voice. Your total attention needs to be on the sensual flow of experience from the unconscious."
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