If you feel unworthy, as though your words will never be adequate for your audience, as though you will never be like those you idolized who have published before you, you are not the only one or an exception to a rule. Every person who has an affinity for writing started when they learned to form their own ideas about the world around them and worlds they saw, heard about, or were otherwise exposed to through people and media.  Intuitively, you’ll know that you’re a differen

The following post is from Purposeful Prose’s own guest writer, Chartres Royal. We are so excited to continue collaborating with them as they share their creative essays and research with us. This piece is Christmas-centered, and though many of the winter holidays have passed, we remain inspired by their stories and by stories we’ve yet to tell. I hope that you all have fun with this exercise!   "There'll be scary ghost stories, And tales of the glories, Of Christmases long,

Many writers have written to me with similar blocks lately. They have a wealth of ideas in their heads, they might have an idea of a character or place that they want to write in. However, something is preventing them from setting writing utensil to paper or fingers to keys. It sounds like a standard block that any standard writing advice can solve, but this assumes the writer to be a monolith.  A writer could, for example, recall . Like any other person, a writer’s identity