Draft After Draft After Draft: Stumbling Toward Genius

It’s humbling to commit to a project over the long term. Most projects take more time and effort than we think when we’re going into them. In this episode, I tell the tale of my novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach. You’ll hear why it took 12 years to write and what I used to overcome all the fears and insecurities that plagued me along the way.

In this episode of Stumbling Toward Genius, you’ll hear why it took so dang long to write my novel, Chasing Sylvia Beach. I share the secret tool that kept me going when I wanted to give up.

You’ll get the skinny on:

• • Why it took so many drafts
  • How I coped with how hard it was to write a novel.
  • What kept me going even when it would have been easier to give up
  • The creative competency: dedicated persistence! Staying with it even when we don’t want to.

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The five books Cynthia wrote while writing her novel:

Create Your Writer’s Life
Creative Toolkit for Travelers (currently not available)
Leading Tours for Fun and Profit
Cross the Finish Line
The Graceful Return

David Hicks, author, professor and editor
Shakespeare and Company bookshop in Paris

Stumbling Toward Genius is written and produced by Cynthia Morris and Original Impulse. Engineering by Jason Camps of Just Launch Media. Show music by Evan MacDonald.