Another brilliant piece from a GUNNAS WRITING MASTERCLASS writer.
10pm 21st March 2014, that’s the deadline for getting a written piece into Catherine and she will publish it on her site. I noticed my thoughts, it’s ok, you don’t have to have anything published on her website right away, you have started writing and you have walked away with lots of learning from the Gunnas Writing Masterclass today. Now that’s the easy way out and what I can very easily fall into, so I decided to challenge myself and take a leap, possibly fail while daring greatly (Theodore Roosevelt) and I can practice not giving a shit what people think! Just do it and stop the procrastination I told myself.
I walked into the Avid Reader in West End to attend Catherine Deveny’s writing class this morning. A writing workshop! I was both excited and nervous at the same time. Not really sure what to expect so I had armed myself with an idea I wanted to work on, pen, paper and an open mind.
So many thoughts going on in my mind like what makes you think you can be a writer, who would want to read what you have to say and a little closer to home how will you find the words? So many questions, it was such a surprise to me. First exercise – write for five minutes and don’t stop moving that pen. Totally amazed that my pen actually didn’t stop moving, one page filled and then another and then half of the next page. My eyes were having difficulty accepting that this was me, so surreal, so many questions.
What does writing mean for me? I explored and played with this question throughout the day. The initial idea I had come with was never given space in the writing I did which also surprised me. This idea melted away and exposed the real work I need to extract from myself. Extract sounds like a hard word and it feels like it is hard work. It’s my childhood trauma, my silenced voice locked away deep within. I faintly heard my voice whisper to me today and my voice knows it could be heard by me, finally. Now the work to unlock this frozen, isolated world of mine begins.
I left delighted in the acquaintance of this space that has been hidden so deep for so long. My commitment is to write from this space for one hour a day, four days a week, for four weeks. I look forward to building a relationship with my inner voice and allow it full voice for the first time in my life. Again I am sitting with excitement and nervousness as I write this and I will learn to ride the waves of doubt and just do it.
What an awesome opportunity to allow myself the creative space to attend Catherine’s workshop. So glad I did!
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