Writing
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Writing in a Form
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008Try writing in a form. In poetry, play with an acrostic or a more complicated form such as Terza Rima.
Two excellent resources are: The New Book of Forms: A Handbook of Poetics by Lewis Turco and The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics by Alex Preminger (Editor), et al. Even if you don’t write […]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Create your own wild garden of creativity.
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008First, get outside. Take along your pen and paper, even a camera or drawing pad. Walk around your neighborhood and see it for the first time. Imagine you are a tourist. What is your first impression? Notice the colors, smells and sounds of where you live. Write about it from that point of view. If […]
Today’s Take Action Prompt: Write. Write again.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Write one more time. Each day write 50 words. Pick a topic or not. Observe - what do you see? Touch - what are the sensations? Listen - hear a piece of conversation and then write a story about it. You can write more but not less. Write with a friend. Go to the park […]
Planting Seeds ~ One Word at a Time
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008“Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can’t see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can’t design or ordain.” ~ Sharon Salzberg, […]
The Writing Life
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008I wrote from the beginning. I wrote with my dolls, paper, paste and my food.
I wrote with my laughter and tears before I could shape a sentence on paper. ~ Sandra Lee Schubert
As a child I wrote a family newsletter. I would produce just one copy at a time for my mother and sister that […]