20. How (and why) to hold creative space

Today’s episode is for any writer who’s found themselves focused more on chasing the perfect creative practice than actually having a creative practice. (So, it’s for most of us.)

This month I’m sharing a writerly angle on the idea of holding space or creating a container. Specifically, what kind of space might actually keep you contained enough to experience sustained growth and discovery in your writing.

One of the challenges of making art in a capitalist world is staying attuned to your vision amid a constant flow of things you’re expected to consume and worry about and enjoy and reject and chase.

But to fully hold space for your creative self… you have to stay there, in the space you’ve made. And sometimes that feels constraining. Sometimes it feels like holding yourself back from dashing out into a wider space where everything is actually happening, and if you stay here you might miss something important.

This month, tune in to explore what it can mean to hold better creative space for yourself and your stories.

Plus, I share a simple formula to help you turn your writing practices into containers that actually support you and your work.

Writing praxis tip

I’ll be honest – I had a couple convoluted ideas for a bonus tip this month, but I realized the best one is really just to play with applying the formula for creative space to some real practices that are part of your writing routine.

So here’s another example of what that could look like, to supplement the morning pages example from the episode.