ABSTRACT

This chapter talks about an exercise which is a useful vehicle for contacting Women's writing voice. It is an easy way for women to find out what is slowing them down in their writing and their life, and how to access their special writing talents. In Helene Cixous's book 'Coming to Writing' and Other Essays a magical incantation, she explores her unique writing process in depth, allowing her writing voice to beckon, to wail to her. The result is proof that writing can lead women into enchanted places. One's creative voice has no one to speak through. The most acute danger of not listening to this voice is that it deters each of us from ever knowing how to listen to ourselves. When women continue to ignore their voices within, they lose the experience of learning to trust their intuition, and ignoring one's intuition has severe consequences.