Archive for February, 2008
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Found Poetry
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Found Poetry is the rearrangement of words or phrases taken randomly from other sources (example: clipped newspaper headlines, bits of advertising copy, handwritten cards pulled from a hat) in a manner that gives the rearranged words a completely new meaning.
Be creative and read your own Spam mail subject lines (please don’t open them - an […]
Movies for the Writer
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008There must be hundreds of movies based on books. Finding one that reflects the writing life is a little trickier. Movies, if they are good can be inspirational and spark creativity. Growing up, I spent many Saturday afternoons at the movies and they fired up my imagination. They allow you to imagine personas and observe […]
Use Your Voice
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Don’t be afraid to use your voice. It is one instrument that you can use whenever you want. I have been doing lots of research on podcasting, recording short podcasts with my friend Phyllis. She has years of media training and exposure and her voice is quite distinct from my own. I am confident my voice will […]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: First Love
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Remember the first person or thing you loved. Was it a parent, toy, character, pizza? Take five minutes and write about that first love.
Take five minutes and write about the love that got away.
List 25 things you associate with the word heart. As an example - Valentine’s Day, weddings, surgery, chocolate, babies, exercise. Looking over […]
Poetic Spam? The Quest for Inspiration
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008“You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.”
~ Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist
Where do you find your inspiration? Some people pull it deep from inside them. Others glean it from life experience. Or you can find it on the side of the road. When you are ready to express your creativity […]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Familiar Fairy Tale
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008Take a familiar fairy tale and write it from different points of view.
As an example, what about Cinderella’s step family? Why were her stepmother and sisters so mean? Maybe they had a difficult life? Or were just misunderstood?
Consider the fairy godmothers point of view. Where did her gifts come from?
Then choose a favorite family story […]
When Writing of Love, Love the Artist Within
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008A lifetime without Love is of no account
Love is the Water of Life
Drink it down with heart and soul!
~ Divan-i-Shams 1190
Remembering First Loves
My first love was Popeye. Yes, the sailor man, the cartoon. As a young child Popeye was a larger then life character. He would mumble incoherently, seemed unaffected by most things but […]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Begin simply
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008Buy an inexpensive journal or notebook and select a favorite pen. Create a sacred time for yourself when you are not likely to be disturbed. Write what is on your mind. Are you grappling with a difficult problem or illness? Begin there. Describe the problem or illness. Who/what is involved? Why is it a problem […]
Over the Rainbow, A New Tale is Waiting to be Told
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008“Like the word wild, the word witch has come to be understood as a pejorative, but long ago it was an appellation given to both old and young women healers, the word witch deriving from the word wit, meaning wise.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D., Women Who Run With The Wolves
Behind every good tale is […]