If you have writer's block, dig into it. You are resisting something. Something is getting in the way of your creative work. Resistance always means something.
— Vinita Hampton Wright The Art of Spiritual Writing: How to Craft Prose That Engages and Inspires Your Readers
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The False Self constructs all sorts of layers of ego and angst and striving and foolishness, while the True Self, deep at the center of a person, waits for the time when the False Self will die and allow the real life to begin.
— Vinita Hampton Wright The Art of Spiritual Writing: How to Craft Prose That Engages and Inspires Your Readers
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When a writer takes on the task of exploring the world of the spirit, she has invited a process that will change her permanently. If she has done her work well, it will change her readers too.
— Vinita Hampton Wright The Art of Spiritual Writing: How to Craft Prose That Engages and Inspires Your Readers
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The real prayer is your own soul-tending. It's not the writing that needs prayer - it's you. You need to find the center that is still and strengthening. You need to deal with whatever issue is dogging you today, whether it's anxiety about your teenager or resistance to the topic you are trying to write.
— Vinita Hampton Wright The Soul Tells a Story: Engaging Creativity with Spirituality in the Writing Life
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