Seize your writing Ideas by the ‘tail’ before they escape

Natasha Tynes
3 min readMay 16, 2023

Capturing your ideas when they strike is essential for anyone who takes their writing seriously.

It’s not just about remembering an idea; it’s about seizing it at the moment it’s most potent.

To understand the full depth of this, I always remind myself od this inspiring story of the American poet Ruth Stone, as highlighted in Elizabeth Gilbert’s insightful book, Big Magic.

Stone depicted her creative process in an extraordinarily vivid manner. Amidst her work on a rural Virginia…

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Natasha Tynes

Writer. Journalist. Words in @washingtonpost , @ElleUK , @esquire . I write about: ✍🏼 Writing 📲 Creator economy 🌍 Mideast