.Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
.W.o.W. #23
Claire Taylor
What is your writing Kryptonite?
The amount of patience it requires. There’s so much waiting in writing. Waiting for the piece to take shape, waiting to get it just right. Waiting to hear back about submissions. With social media it can often feel like everyone else around you is getting published and it can be hard to stick to your work and not rush your own process.
What does your inner writing voice tell you?
To keep going.
What period of your life do you find you write about most often?
Lately, I write a lot about motherhood and that transition. My writing most frequently focuses on episodes of sorrow and depression, which is more of a throughline connecting all stages of my life rather than one specific period.
Claire’s poem “Again, Begin” was included in Yellow Arrow Journal’s Vol. V, No. 1 RESILIENCE. Last year, she participated in our 2020 Earth Day Reading. And this year, she will be one of our featured poets in our April Poetry Series. You can find her on Twitter or Instagram.