Ruth Gendler

I suffered from feeling like I don’t write enough until I recognized that what matters most is that I write when I have something to say. Sometimes I need to descend into a state almost like boredom to be quiet enough to hear what wants to be said. I am also a visual artist. When I’m making art, I often feel like I’m not writing enough (and vice versa.) When I was trying to resolve the introduction to my last book, I noticed that I was not only weeding my back yard but my neighbor’s back yard as well.

Read, walk, learn the difference between waiting and procrastination, listen for the questions under your questions, pay attention to your dreams. Learning a foreign language is a great way to discover the English language. Sometimes it is better to work in a field adjacent to your writing. Sometimes to do something completely different.

Ruth Gendler

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