
“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source. True humility is the antidote to shame.”
―
―

“All you need may be a character or two, or a conversation, or a situation, or a place, and you’ll find the story there. You think about it, you work it out at least partly before you start writing, so that you know in a general way where you’re going, but the rest works itself out in the telling. I like my image of “steering the craft,â€� but in fact the story boat is a magic one. It knows its course. The job of the person at the helm is to help it find its own way to wherever it’s going.”
― Steering The Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
― Steering The Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

“They had no god; they had no gods; they had no faith. What they appear to have had is a working metaphor.”
― Always Coming Home
― Always Coming Home

“I’m not going to discuss writing as self-expression, as therapy, or as a spiritual adventure. It can be these things, but first of all—and in the end, too—it is an art, a craft, a making. And that is the joy of it. To make something well is to give yourself to it, to seek wholeness, to follow spirit. To learn to make something well can take your whole life. It’s worth it.”
― Steering The Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
― Steering The Craft: A Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story

“It’s childish to assume people will understand unexpressed meanings. It’s dangerous to confuse self-expression with communication.”
― Steering the Craft: a Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
― Steering the Craft: a Twenty-First-Century Guide to Sailing the Sea of Story
T.’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at T.’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
T. hasn't connected with their friends on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, yet.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by T.
Lists liked by T.