Taking advice from fellow writers and creatives | #113
Hello, this is Celeste. I have been writing poems since 2017 and my low-fantasy crime novel Project Dylan since 2022. Letters for Creatives is the place where I share my thoughts on writing, creativity, resources for creatives, and interview creators and authors. ICYMI: As I keep writing my fiction recently, I am making my progress slowly towards 23K words. Even though I have never written 23K words for a project, it seems that I am not feeling anything. Since I have been writing for this newsletter for more than three years, it comes to the point that I need to recalibrate and reflect where I am going with all these projects. It is a great time for me to integrate the idea of Shoshin into my process. But instead of forcing myself to do certain things like I used to, I have been leaning more towards listening to my intuition and take things slow. As social media has been pushing creatives to always be creating content to keep people coming back, I feel the need to take a step back and let time tell me my next step. I have asked authors and creatives about their ways of dealing with creative blocks and where they find inspiration. You can read all the interviews in the archive. These are their responses from the interviews: Remy Bazerque
Colin Tan
Bret Alain Hart
Kathryn Vercillo
Jo Bahdo
Alexis M. Romo
Jason Franks
Rachel Chak
Alisa Bacon
Maia Wilson
Lilith Noah
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Remy Bazerque - Interview series vol. 17 | #112
Thursday, April 4, 2024
On his directing and writing career, culture shocks and more ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
I am guilty of writer’s math | #111
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Can I do everything else, just to not write? ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Chill Subs Karina Kupp - Interview series vol. 16 | #110
Thursday, March 7, 2024
On building Chill Subs, advice for submitting their work and more ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
The point of writing stories | #109
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Do things for the sake of the process, crossing 20K word count mark and more ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Kathryn Vercillo - Interview series vol. 15 | #108
Thursday, February 8, 2024
On her virtual book tour, collaborating with other writers and more
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