This topic for this week’s Encouragement Pages really spoke to me. Look for this to be an expounded on topic later on. -JBHarris

Make no mistake, you are human. Writing is a superpower, but you have to be able to rest as well (the rest after a full day of writing is a gift, let me tell you!). What I want you to remember is it is not the time you wrestle against, it is the hindrances to your own imagination.

If you have a day where you cannot write because you are physically tired, or due to the demands of the day, that is fine. By all means, rest!

What I am saying is when you are attempting to write about a specific topic or in a specific genre, and feel that you don’t have the ability to–this is what I want you to examine, dear one.

You do that by asking these three questions:

1.) What am I scared to say?

2.) What makes it scary to say?

3.) What is stopping me from saying what I believe needs to be said?

If you can answer these, they become the key to unlocking the can’t. Take this key, unlock your imagination, and write.

With Love & Ink,

JBHarris