Narrative Healing by Lisa Weinert

Author:Lisa Weinert [Weinert, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2023-07-18T00:00:00+00:00

Write it!

Tell a story and then begin again. Tell it a different way. Repeat until you have three versions of the same story, each with a new beginning, middle, and end.

Coax Your Voice

Get your story to come to you.

Ever go to a party and get cornered by someone who just can’t stop talking?

They talk about all kinds of things—they talk about themselves, their accomplishments, their thoughts, and their path. They may also pepper you with questions about your background, your job, your pet, your personal life. This, of course, is another way of them talking about themselves because they are controlling the direction and rhythm of the conversation.

Meanwhile, your back is pinned against the wall, your breath is shallow, and you offer short phrases and single-word answers and a tense nod to try to push them back. Instead of listening, you’re strategizing how the hell you are going to get out of there. You have no new ideas, nothing to add, no nuance to offer. You might wonder where your personality is.

This is how your story feels when you are overcrowding and suffocating it. It has no place to go. You need to carve out a listening space within you for your story to fill.

Step away from whatever you are writing and let a story—the one you have been trying to write or a different one—come to you.

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