How to Write: Climb the mountain, explore the plateau

view from Neahkahnie Mountain, Oregon (March 2010)

Today I'm over at Liz Lamoreux's Be Present, Be Here blog with a guest post on the writing process. 

When the rejection letters arrive in the mail;

When I don't know how to fix a clunky paragraph;

When my creative taste outstrips my creative ability;

When I've neglected my muse and can't hear a word she's whispering;

When writing feels more like walking alone under a hot desert sun without water instead of riding a flowing current down a beautiful river;

When I sit down to write, each time, every time, even now, and

I wonder: What if this is as good as I'll ever be? What if I never improve? Can I really learn to be a better writer?

Keep reading....

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