Posts by Elle LaMarca

“Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to…

“An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance.” –Richard Hugo Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to your week. In this newsletter: A writing prompt to…

“To be truly seen and heard, to be truly known, is a deep human need.“ –Charles Eisenstein Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to your week. In…

“The world isn’t just the way it is. It’s how we understand it. And in understanding something, we bring something to it.” –Ian McEwan Dear Writer, I hope you’re having…

“To survive as a writer, you must believe you’re the exception to the rule.” –Jonathan Franzen Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to your week. In this…

“The solution was to write my way out of the problem. That meant writing early in the morning, late at night, and on weekends. It meant carving out time, claiming…

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” –Anne Lamott Dear Writer, I hope…

“A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living in this manner—continually…

“Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.” –Samuel Butler Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to your week. In this…

“A story is a kind of biopsy of human life.” –Lorrie Moore Dear Writer, I hope you’re having a good start to your week. In this newsletter: A writing prompt…