We live in a culture that teaches us we are not enough (ever) and that instructs us to be inauthentic—to create a fictional character of ourselves. Just take a look at your social media feeds. Dr. Brené Brown (social researcher and author of POWER OF VULNERBILTY) says that “In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen, really seen.”
If we aspire to create authenticity on the page, this process starts first and foremost for the writer. The writer must connect with herself, and see herself, without shame and judgment. She must allow herself to put her beauty, goofiness, shame, fear, judgments, doubts, etc. on the page. The most effective way of accomplishing this as a writer is through the process of accessing your subconscious via stream-of-consciousness writing.
Give it a try with my Time to Write! Prompt Writing Workshop…