You're Not Writing. You Even Make Time to Write. You're Not Writing. But you want to write. You feel the call to share stories, experiences, gifts, or record history as it unfolds. But, crickets! TRY. ONE. MORE. THING. Please? It is sinfully simple. This week, Kristin Prescott reveals a secret...
I'll grant you that coming up with ideas for writing can feel challenging or seem impossible. After 25 years of writing multi-media copy and 16 more years of teaching, I still occasionally experience problems with on-demand writing. I know that pain so I often share unorthodox idea-gathering...
How Writing Helps Us Heal A pen can be an instrument for healing or it can be a tool to promote either conflict or creativity. Of course, many of us believe that we are here on earth to Create. The role conflict plays in creativity is not immediately obvious, though. One reason we may find...
“Non nobis solum nati sumus. (Not for ourselves alone are we born.)” — Marcus Tullius Cicero Our gifts are not just here for us, so here are a few reasons to Share instead of squirrel away your Gifts. I adapted this from my friend Kaye Lean Ramos’ work on the subject. So, the interesting question...
You want to write something, but can't seem to get started? Here are 7 Story Stems to start the flow. Choose a Story Stem below, imagine what happens next, and write it down. This is an easy and fulfilling way to get into the writing flow. Try one each morning for a week. Let me know how it goes!...
What do recipes have to do with writing? Sense memories! Nostalgia, Connection with others, Retreat plans, Gratitudes; Body pleasures, are all nourishing gifts for writers' and readers' minds! Some of the best things about Winter begin with warm and nostalgic aromas wafting from the kitchen....
10 ways to use journaling and color to heal yourself, connect more deeply, and bio-create more of what you want in your writing and your life. Journal to Connect, Heal, and Create more of what you want! A journal is a written record of your thoughts, experiences, and observations. You can write in...
At 3:00 a.m., your business, especially entrepreneurship, propels you almost irrationally forward, leaving you puzzled, perplexed, and even frustrated that you abandoned a conventional, reasonable life for the longer hours and ongoing expenses of building a business. Me too! Again, this morning, I...