Pam Bustin
creator, editor, story tender
Category: How I do what I do (Process)
Learning when to let go…and whom to invite in.
Wherein Pam ponders the difficulty of letting go of our work and letting others see it. And stuff…
Looking forward…a writer prepares…
Wherein Pam sings the praises of her wonderful community of fellow writers (with links) and lays out her exciting new plan to find her way through a new draft of her novel in progress….
Best revision ever? Thoughts on Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Hey gang: Popping on today with some thoughts about… revisions. About how much a book can change from draft to draft and about how … sometimes, the leaps made are GINORMOUS. Finally got my hand’s on Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee. Am… Continue Reading “Best revision ever? Thoughts on Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee”
Todays Gatherings: Exploring the Heroine’s Journey (another 3 Day Novel post)
A day spent reading and exploring the idea of The Heroine’s Journey as I prepare for the 2015 3 Day Novel Contest
Survival Tips for Storytellers (and other humans)
Pam talks about her own journey as a writer – and offers up some tips from the road.
Includes a guided visualization she calls.. The Gift.
Walking My Way to Water: Week 12 – Faith – Learning to Trust Your Own Process
Another week of… Letting it be. Letting myself be. Trusting the process by which I work. Trusting that it will all work out in the end…. artistically.
Shake and Bake 88: Resetting the Compass
Wherein Pam contemplates how to “keep the faith” on the long long journey that is writing a novel… and gets a kick from the universe to reset her compass and carry on.
Und now for something completely different…. Another 3 Day Novel Post
Tis time again, the Pamster said, to talk of many things…. especially the 3day Novel Contest and a rather NOVEL idea of how to play this year. Wish me well. Wish me wise. Wish me words tumbling tumbling tumbling.
With some wild SHAMANIC drumming thrown in to warm our blood.
Slow Rot Deep Rot: Finding the Juice in our Writing
I’m thinking today about… my strengths and weaknesses as a writer. About where the “good stuff” comes from. The stuff that works. That touches other people. And how I access that stuff. This one is for all of us who are…. in the midst of it….
Shake and Bake 73: Boons and Blessings Abound!
My quarterly Life/Work check-in wherein I sing praises of gratitude and appreciation to the Ontario Arts Council for supporting me and my current WIP!
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