Stumped
‘Sometimes we sit down to write and can’t think of anything to write about. The blank page can be intimidating.’
I wondered today what Natalie would do if she had to write on a screen. Thinking about it she probably already does - now. But she wrote her book in 1986. I was 6 then and battling it out in year one. Natalie was soft curling her hair and wrapping scarfs around her neck - possibly trying to hang on to 70’s fashion (by the looks of the photo on the back of the book). She had also just been through a divorce.
I wondered what it felt like to be divorced and a poet and a Buddhist. I would have thought that the second two appendages might be extremely useful when dealing with the experience of the first.
She doesn’t talk about it too much throughout the book but the quote I posted at the top of this entry actually provided an insight into her experience.
Natalie starts off with a great list of fantastic ideas to help you start writing. Amongst an almost obligatory list of ‘firsts’ i.e., what was your first job; when was your first kiss, Natalie writes: ’ write about your divorce’.
I haven’t been divorced or married for that matter but I can imagine that timing would be crucial in making the decision to write about it.
Raw emotions could make a powerful starting point.
3 years ago • Notes