Writing with the Strength You Already Carry
Yesterday, we discovered what kind of Fire-Shaper you are — how your elemental style shapes the way you rewrite.
Some of us blaze through edits like a wildfire on a deadline.
Some of us flow back and forth like story-soaked tide pools.
Some slash like wind — fast, clean, and a little dramatic.
Others build carefully, stone by stone, like the draft might collapse if one word wobbles.
And a few of us? We’re just out here whispering into the void until the words whisper back. (Eventually. Hopefully. Preferably before coffee wears off.)
But today isn’t about what holds you back.
It’s about how your element can move you forward.
Because the forge doesn’t ask you to be someone else.
It just asks you to return.
🔥 Your Element Is Your Momentum
Too often, writers force themselves into a process that doesn’t match their nature.
A Fire writer tries to slow down like Earth — and feels smothered.
A Water writer tries to slice through like Wind — only to come back soaked and empty.
Ether? Well… they try outlining and accidentally summon a moon ritual.
(It happens. Please don’t ask me how I know.)
And that’s when the Imposter Dragon shows up.
He coils around your heart and whispers,
“You can’t write like this.”
And here’s the uncomfortable truth:
He’s not wrong.
You can’t write like someone else.
You weren’t meant to.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t write.
It means you haven’t fully trusted your element yet.
🜂 I’m a Water Writer
I’ve spent nearly five years rewriting my novel Elemental Divide.
And for too long, I tried to follow someone else’s map.
I read all the rules, watched all the videos, even tried to outline like an Earth writer (bless their steady souls).
But it never fit.
It wasn’t until I started listening to my rhythm — to the way stories move through me — that I started making real progress.
Since January, I’ve written 21 chapters — not because I changed who I was,
but because I stopped fighting the flow.
I let myself return, again and again.
Even when the tide was slow.
Even when it felt like nothing was happening.
And something beautiful began to take shape.
My protagonist Jael is wind and water — her journey flows in currents, not commands.
She doesn’t charge forward.
She circles back.
She returns.
Some stories aren’t meant to be blazed through.
They ask to be uncovered.
Layer by layer. Scene by scene.
With the kind of patience that knows the ember is still warm — even when it doesn’t roar.
💬 Forge Prompt: Let’s Talk About Your Rhythm
Your elemental style isn’t your limitation.
It’s your compass.
So take a moment to ask:
What kind of space does your creativity need to show up?
When have you felt most you while writing?
What would happen if you trusted that version of you more often?
Because every writer works the forge differently.
And the fire? It doesn’t need you to be fast.
It just needs you to show up.
There’s no wrong way to tend the forge.
The fire honors presence more than perfection.
🔮 Coming next time…
We’ll take everything we’ve learned this week and bring it together — designing a rewrite process that actually fits you. One that honors your element, your voice, and your life.
(And maybe — just maybe — we’ll whisper something about a little surprise I’ve been working on. 👀 Yes, it involves cards. Yes, you might want to collect them. And no, I will not confirm or deny the presence of dragons. 🐉)
Until then —
Stay sparked,
— Dianna 💜
