Describing writing as an act of faith, author Anne Lamott offers a workshop on connecting to our inner longing for creativity. This week, Anne Lamott joins the BHNN Guest podcast to teach: Following our creative lives and childhood callings Meeting our creativity half-way How all of us start at the beginning Making time for writing in our lives Figuring out what it is we want to write and making a list Owning everything that was done to us and everything we have seen Accepting that our first drafts will not be wonderful Why we should not worship perfectionism Finding a writing partner or local writing group Taking everything sentence by sentence Paying attention to ourselves and all that dwells within us To read the poem Anne recites, Monet Refuses the Operation, click HERE. About Anne Lamott: Anne Lamott is the New York Times best-selling author of many books, including collections of essays, novels, and long-form non-fiction, including the classic writing manual Bird by Bird and child-rearing memoir Operating Instructions. In addition to being a novelist and nonfiction writer, Lamott is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher. Keep up with Anne on Instagram. “Isn’t that amazing what is inside you that wants you to midwife it? It needs a doula. It needs you. It has no pens. It has no paper. It needs you to birth it. So here is what you do, you stop not writing.” – Anne Lamott ================ The Longing of Creation: A Writing Workshop with Novelist Anne Lamott - BHNN Guest Podcast Ep. 178 - https://youtu.be/kyGM1gujKX4 BHNN Guest Podcast - Ep. 178 - The Longing of Creation: A Writing Workshop with Anne Lamott - https://beherenownetwork.com/https://beherenownetwork.com/bhnn-guest-podcast-ep-178-the-longing-of-creation-a-writing-workshop-with-anne-lamott/ ================ Make sure not to miss a single video podcast from Be Here Now Network! Click here to Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc1lvEoC5PZWm-MzgUfJQfg Follow Be Here Now Network: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeHereNowNetwork Twitter: https://twitter.com/beherenownet Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beherenownetwork ================ Be Here Now Network Podcasts, Courses, and Articles to help you live a Life in Balance. Heart-Centered wisdom from Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das + many more! Get a Free Guided Meditation from Sharon Salzberg when you first sign up at: https://beherenownetwork.com/