“Deliberately Seek Opportunities for Kindness, Sympathy and Patience.” Evelyn Underhill: The Bold Writer from A to Z - Quotes, Prompts & More

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“Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy and patience.”

Evelyn Underhill

Let me say this before we get to the prompts. I have worked with writers as a writing coach for more than a decade now and one of the biggest barriers to success is the relationship we have with ourselves as creative people. I raise my hand as well - I undercut my abilities a thousand times over.

I know it is more constructive to consciously build a relationship with myself as a writer, so here is what comes next for us.

Today’s prompt is devoted to who you are as a writer in relationship with yourself.

Questions

Remember a recent opportunity for kindness in your life – what happened?

Remember a recent opportunity for sympathy – what happened?

Remember a recent opportunity for patience – what happened?

What about when you were kind, sympathetic or patient toward yourself? What happened?

Lists

Make a list of 3 to 10 ways you are the most sympathetic, kind or patient with others.

Make a list of 3 to 10 ways you are the most sympathetic, kind or patient with YOURSELF.

Traditional Writing Prompts:

I am a writer who thinks of myself as….

My writing is….

Bonus:

Come back after at least an hour and write your second draft of the two prompts, this time responding patience, kindness and sympathy for yourself as a writer.

“When I am patient with myself, I think of my writing as…”

“When I am kind to myself, I know my writing is….”

Notice the breadth and width of discovery here and come back to these prompts as often as you need. What I find over and over again there is a lot of gold when I return.

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