How Inspiration Works:

The Story Behind the Story: Author Interview Series

featuring Tamara Palmer

Sierra & Tamara share insights on how inspiration is a visitor that has a life of its own. They explore from their own lived experiences how they creatively approached some of the blocks a writer can live & the fundamental role that playing & unlearning have in the process of writing.

Points we cover in this episode:

• How inspiration works
• Where writing ideas come from 
• Learn the rules then break them
• How to break through writer’s block
• Fiction Writing 
• Pop Culture Metaphysics 

"Being muse-ready means being available & present when inspiration & ideas come visit us." Sierra 

"Ideas are actually disembodied life forms that enter us and we can physically feel." Tamara  

"Inspiration is not something we own but more something that comes to us, & we can choose if we welcome it or let it go to someone else." Sierra 

"Once we write the story it’s not ours; it’s something that we give to the readers that they will all interpret it differently.  It’s gonna be a different gift for each person." Sierra 

"Fiction writing never turned off that playful frequency kids have been taught to do less & less." Tamara 

"Inspiration will leave you if you try too long too hard to make your work perfect. Inspiration and perfection are opposite poles." Sierra 

"Writer’s block might need different kinds of approaches & tools that work on the mind-body-spirit levels within the person." Tamara 

Watch the episode on YouTube

Listen to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/integral-women/ or wherever you listen to podcasts (search Integral Women Soundbites)

Connect with your host, Sierra Melcher, here or on https://linktr.ee/integralwomen & learn more about redthreadbooks.com

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Because women matter.

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