his poem is a companion piece to a post I made a few days ago, “Setbacks Do Not Make You a Failure”. I told you it was going to be made into a poem at some point! I Scribble outside the lines,In scratchy sketchesThe truth lies.Who I am todayMay be thrown away. The ink bleeds,IContinue reading “Rough Draft”
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Stuckness
My mom has a phrase that has accurately described my life at various points, especially as a writer. It is the phenomenon of being “stuck in stuckness.” Often, I’ve used this term to ease my anxiety during writer’s block. Part of my anxiety includes “catastrophizing” events. During writer’s block, I might go from “I can’tContinue reading “Stuckness”