How To Write Until It Hurts!
Write hard and clear about what hurts -- Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway will always be at the top of my list of favorite writers for many reasons, not least of which is his ability to tell it like it is. One of his best pieces of advice was for would-be writers to "write hard and clear about what hurts." Uh-oh. You mean, actually talk about my emotional life? Why in the world would I ever expose myself like that? In absorbing that nugget of wisdom I was reminded of a bit of dialogue I once had with the Creator of the Universe, God, when I was asked suddenly to "fill in" at church for the pastor, who had just come down with the flu. A scant thirty minutes prior to the teaching time, I was still completely clueless as to what I would present to the congregation. I had no choice but to finally acknowledge said cluelessness, get out my chair, and go to my knees to ask God if He had any clue as to what I should talk about. ( Brief sidebar here: Lesson #...