How to Put Lava in Your Work

LZ Granderson: How do you find your voice and bring it onto the page? LZ: The first thing to do is just recognize it. You don't have to do anything about it. Just say, OK, there it is. This is what it feels like in my body. I start to freeze. That's what I do in my lava comes up. My body literally starts to freeze. Some people might need to run around the block. Some people may feel nauseous. What is that vulnerability? How does it manifest in your body? Again, I'm just asking you to notice it and then let it go. It's writing a lot for us because we're