Write Without the Fight

Write Without the Fight

Reconnect with the Desire to Write

Sometimes wanting to write is enough

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Julia Roberts
Jul 30, 2025
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Desire has fascinated me this week. It is softer in nature than drive and more inviting than incubation (which I’ve long considered too clinical, especially when “gestation” is right there.) Without desire we cannot, and do not, create.

Is creating - writing - a compulsion? For me it can be. All desires can lead to com…

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