From a deeply skeptical student:
I’ve never really believed in the concept of a “muse.” To be honest, I’ve always rolled my eyes a little bit when other writers start talking about their muse like it’s a roommate that lives down the hall. I am a left-brained logical person, and the concept of having a muse just made no sense.
When I decided to begin work on my sweet spot map for Lesson 2, I approached it with (surprise, surprise) a logical and methodical plan to complete it by the end of the week. I would work on one “segment” of the map each evening for 10 – 20 minutes. After 6 days, I would have the exercise completed.
So I sat down planning to work on “I fear.” For the first 10 minutes or so, I was only writing down the mundane and obvious. But I quickly realized that this was a necessary step. I was clearing away the vines, old branches, and dead leaves that were concealing a vast stone wall in my mind. Once all the garbage was cleared away, I punched a small hole in that wall…
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