At the fair, I was taking pictures of this farmer at the cow barn and asked him, mainly to distract him from my lens, whether he had any cows in the barn.

"Nope. Sold ‘em all off this summer after my son passed." …

The answer haunted me all day. And it led to writing a story for stage, to resuming my novel, Hiram Falls and to writing about the process: https://geoffreygevalt.substack.com/p/3-journal-a-photograph-unlocks-me

this is the third installment of my free monthly series.

“…My failed first draft had led me to develop a plan and a timeline. I was now ready to embark again on writing Hiram Falls. Or was I?

"No.

“Self-doubt was in overdrive, a gnawing in my belly, an insecurity about my writing that sometimes is so severe I wonder if I have any talent at all. I needed to put a few things in place to help me combat it….”

Three things actually: audience, a team and a tool to maintain consistency. For more: https://geoffreygevalt.substack.com/p/4-journal-dealing-with-demons (free)
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