Kate McGovern
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kate is a freelance writer, an ardent supporter of the tea break, and a part time procrastinator.
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Who put you in the writer's closet?
A writer is by definition someone who writes, it’s as simple as that. In the evolution of writing and authorship, however, we've come to see money and/or being traditionally published as the true markers of literary success and if we’re equating book sales with whether or not you can be defined as a writer then I guess most of us should probably give up the ghost right now.
By Kate McGovern4 years ago in Motivation
Epilogue
Confessions have never come easily to anyone in our family. We seem to talk a lot without saying very much at all. The discomfort of truth-telling is avoided at all costs, and there are quite a lot of uncomfortable truths strewn across the debris of our lives.
By Kate McGovern4 years ago in Confessions
A self Imposed Challenge
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW My relationship with Vocal is much the same as my relationship with everyone and everything in my life, chaotic and sporadic and not very well maintained. I joined vocal in 2017 and I’ve published 9 stories that, truth be told, I probably could have written a lot better than I did.
By Kate McGovern4 years ago in Journal
HOW TO WRITE A POEM
1) Slowly and mindlessly deconstruct your life in the most damaging way possible for you and those around you 2) Rip open your chest and turn yourself inside out relentlessly, until you become a walking wound overthinking every decision you've ever made, or not made
By Kate McGovern4 years ago in Poets
THE TITLE IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN THE CONTENT
Picture the scene, a woman sits at her laptop trying to think of something interesting to write and because she can’t she instead writes about not being able to find something interesting to write about. It’s a never-ending downward spiral into the unworkings of a borderline brain. And yes I know unworking isn’t recognized by my spell check, but at this point in the creative process, I’m not above inventing new ways to cofound the device I’m writing on. It helps to keep things spicy. And while we’re at it, can my laptop please stop trying to Americanise my words by slipping z in where it’s not wanted and taking u out when it is.
By Kate McGovern5 years ago in Journal
MASTERING MY MIND
It’s Wednesday already and so far this week I’ve done approximately...nothing. I blame the bank holiday of course. It would be stupid to blame myself. Even if half the problem is not being able to get my brain into gear for long enough to feign interest in important stuffs (no it's not a typo) that might need doing.
By Kate McGovern5 years ago in Motivation
SELF EXPRESSION AND ME...
THOUGHTS AND MUSINGS This morning I woke up with a clear idea of what I had to get done, I knew exactly what had to be accomplished because I listed it all last night. Let's just discuss that list, shall we? I've been working through the same list since last Friday, some tasks have been completed (half-heartedly admittedly, but completed nonetheless) and some are following quite a unique migration pattern in my bullet journal that I’d rather not talk about.
By Kate McGovern5 years ago in Motivation
