The Draft: Essay Archive
Welcome to The Draft's Archive. I've been writing essays — about the power of writing and creativity — a few times a week for a few years now. You can read them all here, in reverse chronological order. You can also click here to get each new essay delivered straight to your inbox.
176. The terror within
170. An eyeful of stars
166. Little victories
164. Act as if
161. Get to the point
160. What's the lesson?
159. Art in the bath
148. No mud, no lotus
147. My first love
145. What would it take?
144. Be what you are
141. Time to rest?
133. Try again
132. Start today
129. Read living writers
123. Control vs surrender
122. Push yourself
113. Leave this part out
109. Happy all the time
108. No more jobs
107. Let it be easy
106. Little Shouty
105. Zinger vs boredom
103. Writing ≠ suffering
97. Do your warm-up
96. Too much!
87. Snip snip
80. Stop ruminating
76. Freak Week
72. Is that true?
71. But WHY?
70. Proof of life
56. It's just my ego
53. Secret poetry
40. Gut check
35. Breathe it out
26. Protect your joy
1. Here we go!