Archive for March, 2008
« Previous EntriesToday’s Take Action Prompt: Become a People Watcher
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Observe: Become a people watcher. Look at how people move. Notice the color of their hair. Imagine them as children. Do you think they were happy? Do they look sad now? Pay attention to how people interact with each other. Look for the small movements. The way a man touches a woman’s face. How children [...]
Family History – Making the Past Present
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008“Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.” ~ Hermann Hesse Swiss (German-born) author (1877 – 1962) What is your history? A narrative of events or a story, your particular history is unique. One perspective does not define a family history. If you can [...]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Writing With Your Heart
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008If your writing is not interesting to you, it will not be exciting to anyone else. Take some time to think about what you would like to really write. What makes your heart beat faster when you think about doing it? Write with your heart and meeting deadlines will be worth the effort. Time Thieves [...]
What Do We Believe?
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008“Creativity is…seeing something that doesn’t exist already. You need to find out how you can bring it into being and that way be a playmate with God.” ~ Michele Shea, Author(1992) Seeing is just not seeing. We grow up in the same families and still our memories are different than a sibling. Ten people witness [...]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Movie of Your Life
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Try writing an outline for the movie of your life. Would it be a drama or comedy? Maybe your life is a little of both. © 2008 Sandra Lee Schubert www.writing-for-life.com Technorati Tags: writing, writing an outline, movie of your life, drama, comedy