by Peter Gibb | Apr 21, 2018 | Memoir: Spirit, Uncategorized
Who has critics? We all have critics. In writing and in life. OK, some of us have more active critics than others. Inner critics and outer critics. The worst are those nasty voices inside our own minds that nip and nag. “That’s no good. No one will ever...
by Peter Gibb | Feb 18, 2017 | Memoir: Spirit, Mindfulness, Uncategorized
Skye Hillgartner of Bloomsbury Books, and the author Before reading, Ashland 2.16.17 Creativity is a dance of fear and excitement. There I’ve said it. What I’ve experienced and known for a long time, but never fully acknowledged – even to myself...
by Peter Gibb | Jan 16, 2017 | Memoir: Spirit
Write What You’re Curious About My first writing instructor told me I should “Write what you know.” It sounded like good advice. I followed it. I wrote a lot of boring material. Deeply snooze-worthy stuff. I went for long periods without writing at all. Talked...
by Peter Gibb | Oct 9, 2016 | Memoir: Spirit
Memoir writing is a marathon, not a sprint. Most aspiring memoirists I’ve worked with struggle with keeping their motivation up; writing consistently; overcoming rejection; dealing with their own internal critic; fitting writing in to a busy life with multiple...
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