Contributed by JoEllen Moldoff
Author Envy: Remedies for a Common Writer’s AilmentPresenter: Rachel Newcombe
All writers have been there — at least once. There being that internal place where envy, whether a spark or a wildfire, takes up residence and demands our immediate attention.
When reading another author’s work the envious writer may think: “What’s so great about this story? or “My writing is better, why aren’t I published?”
Rather than viewing envy as solely negative, during the November’s Writer’s Roundtable we will engage in a playful exploration of the psychology of envy. Through free-association, experiential writing and discussion, we will turn envy upside down in order to allow our own writing to flourish.
Rachel Newcombe is a psychoanalyst who has a private practice in Eastsound and Friday Harbor. In 2004 she attended the Sarah Lawrence Summer Writing Institute and fell in love with the genre of creative non-fiction; now her academic writing is no longer stuffy. After countless years in her own analysis, Rachel no longer suffers from author envy; however, she has still struggles with occasional bouts of schadenfreude!
All are welcome to join fellow writers in conversation and writing on Saturday, November 14th, 1-3 p.m., at the Library.
