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Tania Weatherley's avatar

I have had trouble sticking with my fiction writing, and then when I found Substack I felt like I've found what I've been missing in my writing process. Community. I'm really enjoying connecting with a community of like minded people as I write here on Substack. Writing a long winded novel alone can be a lonely process and I think I've craved having others to talk to along for the writing ride. The body double idea is great but one I probably don't have the capacity for right now, but it's absolutely worth trying if you are able to.

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Cynthia Lee's avatar

I am intrigued by how body doubling ... or as I like to call it parallel play creates a shared energy ... even when it is virtual. I love the idea of showing up at a specific time with whatever my current writing project is ( lately, I am simply giving energy to curating ideas and wrangling words into sentences and wrangling those sentences into something coherent ... healing my brain) But i have seen for years how simply being in space together amplifies the creative energy

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