From the Rough Patches, I want you to take three things which will serve you well (I promise):
1.) What were you doing before the Rough Patch started?
2.) What worked the best for you to get out of the Rough Patch?
3.) What do you plan to do that will help you come out of the Rough Patch sooner?
I know this seems redundant, but this will absolutely help you in the future.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Note: Watch for the show titled: The Rough Patch on the podcast The Writers’ Block tomorrow (May 5, 2022). Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Play.
Sometimes, the hardest part is to get through the rough patches.
These rough patches can include time, subject matter, and even confidence. Every writer goes through these rough patches! But they are not impossible to negotiate.
Don’t give up just because it got rough. The best thing to do is to remember that rough patches are cyclical-not permanent.
I believe in you.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
There is a power in pressing through.
In a video done by Shonda Rhimes, she reminds us that it is okay to write the bad stuff, that is how you get through to the good stuff!
It is okay that the bad stuff comes first! That is part of the process as well!
It will come. I promise it will.
But, you have to keep going.
I believe in you.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
I will be honest with you: writing is one of those arts that will only get better every time you use it. Every time you rely on it. Every time you trust it, and within it.
One of your deepest wins as a writer is to embrace that title! I am pressed to remember that a writer is two-fold:
A writer is something you are.
A writer is something you become.
It indeed feels like a complex thing, but it isn’t. Owning your title of writer is freeing–it really is. It allows you to embrace all that is complex about you, and bring that complexity to all that you would create.
Self-possession and self-realization are always wins.
Dear Writer–
Say it louder and just like you meant.
There is no reason to adjust the tone for the people who want you to whisper.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
In other social circles, I have heard it said that writers bring themselves to a work. No matter how small, there is a part of every part of a writer which is given to what they are creating.
Writers can exist in the world in multiple forms–and in multiple worlds no less!
What I want you to remember that creation is a part of growing at as a writer–the strength to see the world as it is, and your place in it at the same time is a skill! In that skill, with increased development of it, you will able to see you as you desire to be, dream to be, or become.
Write boldly for the world that is, that will come, and the one that you want to see.
Dear Writer:
Show up for your work.
Read it again.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Dear Writer:
One word at at time.
One page at a time.
The only speed is you.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Dear Writer:
I must remind you of these three things:
1.) There will always be more paper.
2.) There are always more pens.
3.) There can be more time.
Don’t give up.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
Dear Writer:
For today, your boldness is enough to keep you going. It is enough. You are enough.
With Love & Ink,
JBHarris
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