I want you to understand that you are in charge of your imagination. You tell it what to do, where you want to go, and what you need the story to say!
You are the writer. You control this world, because you created it.
Create in confidence and write in power.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Writing is a form of creation.
It takes passion and force and focus to create something. That passion is what fuels the vision of what you desire to do. The force is what gives you the strength to do all you desire.
Remember…the Flow is not just an nebulous thing! It is something that is equal parts power and privilege. With all that, combined with time, grants us focus.
That focus is what allows us as creators to truly create—to have nothing ahead of you or inside of you other than raw creative energy. This is what it means to tap into that power.
Herein is what it means to create The Flow.
The Flow is not a secret. It is not vapid nor is it something that is a rumor artists share or whisper about! It is not something that is accidental, but always fueled by intent—and intention.
Intention powers The Flow. Focus directs us to the best access to it. Passion keeps us chasing it, because there is no high like it! None. Let us continue to explore this more.
Indeed, there is a power in and to creation. And we—and you—have it.
What are you waiting for?
There is a need within you to write, so why on Earth are you ignoring it? You have worlds within you waiting to be shown and explored!
Be brave and explore them…one word at a time.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Hopes and wishes do not fill pages, Oracles. Wishes are what we write down in order to fulfill them. Writing is equal parts talent and decision. Put both of those together today, right now and fill pages.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Half the year is gone, dear ones.
With six months gone, with six months remaining there are still stories yet to tell. There are still things to imagine, there are still things to record and there is still work to be done.
Do not be tricked by the calendar, dear ones.
Get your work done.
For writers, time is not dictated by clocks–it is by pens.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Brainstorm.
I love a good brainstorm! This is when all your creative energies surface together and crash into your imagination. It allows you to test your imagination’s limits–and stretch it in ways you had not thought about before.
A brainstorm is a writer’s best friend.
With any storm, they seem to come out of nowhere, and are more powerful than thought. You must remember that you wield the wind and rains which come in these storms. They should never overwhelm you, startle you or through you off balance!
Brainstorming is different from “The Flow” because the source is different. Brainstorming is internal while “The Flow” is external. Brainstorms come out of the blue, while “The Flow” has to be experienced, tapped into even. It’s a current more, while a brainstorm is a circuit. Embrace that and channel it.
You will never regret that.
There is no need for you as a writer to ask permission to create. You cannot be subject to this! You must have the wherewithal to work in the midst of doubt, or doubt in the midst of work. Permission is one of those thing which rely on just the freedom of the self. Are you able to release the thoughts of other people as it relates to what you want to create–so you can create?
If you cannot, you will ever wait for someone to grant you the freedom you need to have for yourself–and be dependent on it.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
There are certain things writers aren’t always honest about. And the things we aren’t honest about–we lie about. The biggest lie we tell ourselves as writers is ‘I’ll write it down later.’
‘I’ll write it down later’ is the biggest lie a writer will tell.
Why do we tell this massive lie, you ask?
We tell it because it’s easier than admitting we won’t make time to write down what we need to. Which is hard.
Writers, today make it the last time you lie to yourself about what you need to write.
Make the time…before you run out of it.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Bend the genres, beloved.
Find what is common and uncommon see where you can marry them. I promise you, there is a way to do it. And do it well. Don’t be afraid. Writing is boldness put to paper.
Get some.
Love,
JBHarris
Even the hardest work is done one word at a time.
Even work you delay is written one word at a time.
In finding the bravery to keep going to complete your work, understand the doubts will come. They will try and root. They will whisper to you. They will discourage you. But have courage, fellow oracle. Have courage!
Continue the work. Finish the work–one word at a time.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
