S1 Ep1: QUIETENING – making time and space to write

The Fearless Writer Podcast with Beth Kempton

In this episode we are going to explore ways to make time and space to write, and quieten the noise of the world so we can go deep within. This episode includes:

- Practical ways to make time for writing

- My revelation that writing doesn’t have to be done at a desk(!)

- How to deal with any guilt around making time for writing

In each episode, I will talk for about fifteen to twenty minutes, and then offer you a timed writing exercise at the end to try, for another ten minutes. Grab yourself a cuppa and settle in for a lovely writerly chat. With inspiration from Mason Currey, Henry Miller, Shakti Gawain and Ryōkan Taigu.

I hope this podcast will help you write fearlessly, and with joy, and build a writing practice that nourishes you for the rest of your life. I’d love to see what writing it inspires – feel free to share by tagging me @bethkempton #fearlesswriterpodcast

BethXx

PS Please note there is a chunk of silence in this podcast. It is supposed to be there for the weekly writing exercise!

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The theme music for The Fearless Writer Podcast is The River sung by Danni Nicholls, co-written by Danni Nicholls and me, Beth Kempton. Listen on iTunes / Spotify / Youtube and feel free to add it to your Instagram reels! See here for the lyrics and full credits.

***Did you know the audiobook version of The Way of the Fearless Writer includes a full meditation album to help get the words flowing? You can get it here.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Daily Rituals by Mason Currey (Picador) p.53

• Untitled by Ryokan (translated by John Stevens) in The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness and Joy by John Brehm (Ed.) (pub. Wisdom) p.113

• Living in the Light by Shakti Gawain (New World Library) p.27

• The Way of the Fearless Writer: Ancient Eastern wisdom for a flourishing writing life by Beth Kempton (Piatkus). US/Canada edition HERE

More at bethkempton.com / dowhatyouloveforlife.com / Instagram @bethkempton