"It's about inspiring you to take your writing to the place you always dreamt of taking it to."
The Write Life Magazine founder Laura Pepper Wu says this at one point in their stellar introduction video (yes, go watch it now) and it was just one of several things she says that rings true for me.
The Write Life Magazine tagline is "You’re a writer, always will be." For me, that fits with the theme I'm talking about this week of identifying as a writer and an author, and how important that self-identification is in each of our development and success with our craft. It fits with my own sense of a need to shift your perspective.
When people ask me how to finish the book they're working on, I say something like, "Start saying out loud that you are writing a book rather than thinking about writing a book. Then finish your first draft as fast as you can. Spend your agony on editing deeply and rewriting rather than on trying to get to the end."
In a similar way, I like the Write Life Magazine perspective because it encourages and allows you to call yourself a writer, then provides lifestyle, work, and other resources and inspiration to help make that happen. Here's how they tell it:
"The Write Life is a lifestyle magazine for those of us who love to write. We cover everything you care about as a modern day writer, from coffee, food and travel, to writing news and trends in publishing."
Wait, publishing trends and coffee lifestyle content... in the SAME PUBLICATION?!?
Write Life Magazine, where have you been all my life?
It's a free download for whatever device you want to read it on here: http://www.thewritelifemagazine.com/
Unlike the other things in this week's series, this isn't something I was reading last year, but it's something I've been searching for. Now that it's here, I'm psyched to start reading.
What do you think, writers? Would you read this?
Image source: TheWriteLifeMagazine video screenshot
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