The official blog of Michelle Tuckett, word ninja.

I did this last Sunday, too, and I think I’ll make it a permanent feature.

Don’t worry about talent or capability: that will grow as you practice… So just practice writing, and when you learn to trust your voice, direct it. If you want to write a novel, write a novel. If it’s essays you want or short stories, write them. In the process of writing them, you will learn how. You can have the confidence that you will gradually acquire the technique and craft you need.

–Natalie Goldberg from Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within (Shambhala Library)

See? Stop worrying and just write.

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