Corey’s Story Journey: A Living Example
October 9, 2009
Every week this book writing process takes on a new path towards living. Last week I thought we had redefined the intention of the book. We had gone out on a limb and found a delicious piece of fruit and suddenly I wondered if we were supposed to be writing the book from that limb throughout. It felt exciting and dangerous. This week, we brought that piece of delectable fruit back to the center of the tree. I realized that my book is still very much about the creative process. What we have done though is to start to bring in some very personal stories (the fruit) that reveal what I have been through on my creative journey and that exemplify how the process works and how it is changing me profoundly week to week.
One of the big discoveries we made this morning was that last week was a moment in my book writing process when I went from wanting to control and to “Show” or “Tell” people about the creative process and about myself, to starting to look at all I have experienced through the lens of truth and to reveal it in its gory detail. Letting my story be what it is without trying to control it is a huge step in the paradigm shift that is necessary to create real change through a story. I’m calling it, “Giving people the good stuff.”
Some of what I say is going to upset people I know and some of it is going to upset people I don’t know. And I’m getting more and more comfortable with that. People are going to judge me. People might even say nasty things as I bring up painful issues they might also be experiencing, yet not dealing with in their own lives. My former self avoided conflict such as this at all costs. Now I am finding that bringing my good stuff does disrupt people’s comfortability with their own stuff and I’m trying to poke them awake to that. Resistance will come as I do that, but true listening will also be accomplished. I’m excited to start seeing that in real time.
And I cannot wait to start sharing these stories with you all. I hate that I cannot express them on this blog, but that would be robbing you (and me) of the experience of the book in its entirety. And I wouldn’t want to rob either of us of “the good stuff.” So thanks for hanging in there!
If you have yet to hear it, you might listen in to the last round table interview I did with Annie Hart and Katie Gutierrez Painter, my collaborators where we discussed last week’s epiphany. Enjoy!
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