I didn’t attend the New York SCBWI Conference this past weekend. Yes, it’s true. (Sometimes you’ve got to nurture your creative life and get down to writing. Plus I was just at a 10 day VCFA residency…).
Sara Zarr was the keynote speaker at the SCBWI Conference in New York, and I hear she was absolutely inspirational! She spoke about how to live a fulfilling creative life, even if you aren’t published. It was the speech she had always wanted to hear when she attended SCBWI events. I wasn’t at the conference, but the following link is an excellent in-depth account of the keynote speech and Zarr’s advice to keep you motivated and in touch which why you started to write in the first place. Go read it!
Notes From Sara Zarr’s Keynote Speech: Nurturing the Creative Life
If you attended the SCBWI Conference in NY feel free to share your blog and your adventures!
Tags: Creative Life, Rejections
I was at the SCBWI conference this weekend and Sara’s talk was amazing. It’s nice to be reminded that I’m not the only one who throws obstacles at myself, and that many of us are still working on our creative lives.
I posted some of my favorite quotes from the weekend on my blog: http://www.vbtremper.wordpress.com.
Thanks, Ingrid, for sharing Sara’s talk with your readers. I’m sure others will get as much from it as I did.
Vicki
I’ve heard so much about this wonderful speech — wish I could have been there to hear it in person!