Ask the Author: Daphne Kapsali
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Daphne Kapsali
Not a couple, but a fictional pair: Scout and Boo Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird. They only have one scene - a few moments - together, but it contains everything that book is about.
Daphne Kapsali
Like someone pointed out on twitter recently, there is no such thing as an aspiring writer. You're either a writer or you're not. Don't aspire: write. Put aside your excuses, your insecurities, your very real and valid reasons for not getting started and, yes, your aspirations too. Aspirations, like expectations, often have a way of holding us back, creating unreachable ideals that paralyse our creativity.
Just write something. Anything. And then write something else. And start calling yourself a writer. It may sound weird or pretentious or insane at first, but you'd be amazed what a different it makes, once you start believing it.
Just write something. Anything. And then write something else. And start calling yourself a writer. It may sound weird or pretentious or insane at first, but you'd be amazed what a different it makes, once you start believing it.
Daphne Kapsali
The act of writing itself. Being able, sometimes, if you're lucky, to capture things that are almost intangible and put them into words. Having these words you wrote reach other people and inspire them.
Daphne Kapsali
Going for a walk often helps. Apparently, something happens to our brains when we walk, it frees up our creativity and generates ideas. Also, exposing yourself to different stimuli - rather than sitting in front of a blank page or computer screen and berating yourself for having nothing to say - can't hurt! Get up and take yourself out, with no agenda, but look, listen, and be open to everything: you never know what stories you might stumble upon. I've also learned to take a notebook with me wherever I go; it seems to encourage the ideas to come (and it's much more practical than tapping away manically on my phone).
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