My brain is mushy but I feel the need to share some of the quotes and notes I've made as I near the end of day two at the Humber School for Writers Summer Workshop. These notes and quotes are scrawled messily in my notebook...and I've done my best to be verbatim with the quotes...… Continue reading Notes & Quotes from the Humber School for Writers
Category: On Writing
Off to Humber & the Space Between
This afternoon I leave for Toronto to attend the Humber Summer Writing Workshop! My tummy is a bowl of fluttering knots and I feel shaky with anxiety and excitement. It's a beautiful morning. The sun is shining strong and it smells like summer on the cool breeze. The birds are awake and singing sweet songs… Continue reading Off to Humber & the Space Between
The Writer’s Brain
Here's how it works in my brain. It's constantly telling me things to write. What does that mean? It means that there's a voice (among the many, but one of the main, loudest most prolific voices) that's narrating narrations in my head ALL. THE.TIME. Example: Yesterday I went to Chapters with Miller and Jett. I received… Continue reading The Writer’s Brain
VANESSA SHIELDS 