“Sleeping with Cats” sounds like a memoir I need to read. Also she offers some wonderful thoughts on creativity in that NYT article, like this, about how switching genre helps with writer’s block:
“Sometimes I say that if a writer works in more than one genre, the chances of getting writer's block are greatly diminished. If I am stuck in a difficult passage of a novel, I may jump ahead to smoother ground, or I may pause and work on poems exclusively for a time. If I lack ideas for one genre, usually I have them simmering for the other.“
Yes! The entire article was AMAZING. So many good insights like that one about the energetic momentum of genre switching (or having multiple projects). She is someone whose respect for the “work” of art, and her work ethic, mixes with a sort of energetic/spiritual aptitude/wisdome, and leads to prolific juicy-ness.
“Sleeping with Cats” sounds like a memoir I need to read. Also she offers some wonderful thoughts on creativity in that NYT article, like this, about how switching genre helps with writer’s block:
“Sometimes I say that if a writer works in more than one genre, the chances of getting writer's block are greatly diminished. If I am stuck in a difficult passage of a novel, I may jump ahead to smoother ground, or I may pause and work on poems exclusively for a time. If I lack ideas for one genre, usually I have them simmering for the other.“
Thanks for the intro, Jenny!
Yes! The entire article was AMAZING. So many good insights like that one about the energetic momentum of genre switching (or having multiple projects). She is someone whose respect for the “work” of art, and her work ethic, mixes with a sort of energetic/spiritual aptitude/wisdome, and leads to prolific juicy-ness.