| | Don’t put pressure on yourself | | | | | "You don’t need to wait for the perfect moment to start writing; you don’t need to wait for your home to already be cleaned and your errands completed, with you seated at your writing desk, to start writing.
"Almost everything I’ve written and had accepted for publication over the past five years started out as journal scribbles in my iPhone’s Notes app, often jotted down while standing on the subway platform during my commute.
"I don’t put pressure on myself by thinking of this as writing. It’s only casual journalling, right? Editing these very rough drafts is a step for a future you. Just write it down first!" | | | Catherine Lewis is a bisexual Chinese Canadian writer and poet based in Vancouver. Her debut poetry chapbook Zipless is a finalist for two Bisexual Book Awards. First runner-up for Pulp Literature's 2023 Magpie Award for Poetry, Lewis has been shortlisted in creative nonfiction contests hosted by The Fiddlehead and Room Magazine. Lewis was longlisted for the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize. | | |
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