# 34. A Writing Practice to Help You Meet Yourself

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Podcast: [Wild Geese](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wild-geese-6890223)
Published: 2025-09-02T09:00:00+00:00
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I've found real magic in thinking on the page in the last year. I'd love for more people to experience this with me. "When I sit down to write, the meadow is still engulfed in darkness under a sky where satellites pass by, one after the other. My thoughts are flighty and shapeless, like dreams; they morph as I approach them. But when I open my notebook and write, it is as if I pin my thoughts to the table. I can examine them." - Henrik Karlson To try everything Capacities has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit: https://capacities.io/?via=anna ❤️ Resources Mentioned: - Why I Write by Joan Didion - On Abandoning Capitalistic Achievement to Seek the Freedom of Play - 28 Slightly Rude Notes on Writing - A Life in Constant Potential - the one about ai - don't get it f*cked up fr - Why You Should Build Your Raft of Art in the Sea of Slop - Advice for a Friend Who Wants to Start a Blog - If You Have Writer's Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying - Henrik Karlson: One of the World's Most Under-Rated Writers| How I Write - Writing as Autonomy - Writing Hack: Write it Just Like That - Squibler.io Dangerous Writing Prompt - In Her Own Words: Toni Morrison on Writing, Editing, and Teaching 🫶 Join my newsletter (weekly media roundups) ⛅ Wild Geese Instagram 📓 Anna's Substack (personal essays) 💌 Anna's Podcast Production Services To inquire about potential collaborations, please email hello@annacorinneproductions.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Writing as Thinking02:40 Capacities Sponsorship04:03 Joan Didion 05:19 Communicating when you're NOT a verbal processor07:10 Childhood hints that you're a writer08:43 Writing Holds Your Questions 10:06 Spotting Intrinsic Artistic Mediums 10:49 Addressing AI Slop Writing14:02 Writing as Pathological Caring 16:16 Writing is about Power 17:32…

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