From the archives: Leading up to their 2015 Creative Nonfiction Writers’ Conference, Creative Nonfiction ran interviews with participating authors and publishing professionals. Below is an excerpt from their conversation with Marissa Landrigan (citizen of Littsburgh):
“Terry Tempest Williams once told me when she sits down at her desk to begin her writing week on a Monday morning, she puts two things on the desk beside her: a candle and a bowl of water. The candle was for light, for scent, for atmosphere. But the bowl of water? It’s there so that, on Friday afternoon, when she finishes the week, even if she feels she has accomplished nothing, she can look at the bowl and see how much water has evaporated in that time. It reminds her, she said, that presence is progress. That’s stuck with me for years, and I try to apply it to my writing and my life. Showing up counts, even if you don’t always know how, even if you can’t see the impact right away.”
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— Creative Nonfiction (@cnfonline) April 23, 2015
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