Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Dance with your skeletons

"If you have a skeleton in your closet, take it out and dance with it."
--Carolyn Mackenzie

Somehow what you least want to write about, what you shrink from, finds its way into your writing.   Your soul is blocked.   Free it and smooth it out with your writing.

Put your skeletons to work and make them dance on your page.

Catherine@catherinealexander.net


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