HeyJaredThe Messy Muse by Jaye Wells
Write a good story. Live one, too. Celebrating the magic of the messy creative life and offering advice about how to write and live well. Hosted by Jaye Wells, a bestseller author, writing professor, and midlife muse.
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Your Brain is a Well-Meaning Idiot (opens the original)
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I’m writing a new book. It’s early days, when most of my work is research and poking at scenes to see what sticks and what isn’t working. It’s fun and frustrating work, but it’s part of the process. Before I sat down to write today (I got 1800 words), I was thinking about procrastination. I used to have a lot of shame about how much time I’d waste on so… Read more
Who the hell am I anyway? (opens the original)
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