Reasons To Write

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

The air is cooler the light is golden school has started time for Fall wonderful memories waiting to be created and remembered Time to get your writing instruments ready to go and start recording all of the happenings around you. There are so many things going on that it would be very difficult not to [...]

I’ll Write Later

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Can’t you see, I’m too busy being distracted you tell yourself and the others around you. I’ll do ______later. How many times have you heard yourself say or think those words? Or have you seen other activities that are not high on your priority list–they are just time fillers–take over your schedule so the things [...]

Remember Your Goal Is To Write

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Oliver Wendell Holmes once said that “Man’s mind once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension”. My hope is that your mind will be stretched by the ideas of this site and you will reach your potential to become a writer. It takes action, so it is important to get started and [...]

Start Your Writing Project NOW

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Capture first, edit later. If you spend ages in the pre-planning and trying to set up perfect conditions before your start a writing project, it’s less and less likely you will be able to create freely and without over thinking everything. Over thinking will get you into all of those old patterns of who do [...]

Write About Memory Flashbacks

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

I recently went for a walk in the new area where I live to see some of the sights that were near my new home. Coming to a field of grass and clover, I had a flashback to lying in a field next to my childhood home. It was a beautiful summer day and I [...]

Writing Breakthrough

Friday, August 13th, 2010

It has been a great week- but it reminded me how fragile we are as humans – and how even if all we aspire to is comfort and happiness, our minds try to protect us  and move us back to that comfort zone whenever we try to move outside of the zone where it feels [...]

Write About How You Celebrate Your Holidays

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Just a few days ago the USA celebrated the fourth of July which is their independence day celebration. Oh, the picnics, concerts and fireworks that were on the schedule. Lots of good material to write about: from family traditions to favorite outings to favorite foods. I remember hearing that the hot dog eating champion won [...]

How To Get Started With Your Writing

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Everyone that I speak to has a desire to write a book.  When I ask them what they will write about I usually get I don’t know, I just feel like I should write a book. If you are in the same place, I have several suggestions for you to help you get started as [...]

Making A Commitment To Writing

Monday, May 10th, 2010

“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes…but no plans.”  Peter F Drucker If you are talking about writing that book you feel is inside you but have not made a commitment to getting started you are just talking.  It is time to get started.  You have many tools in the resource area [...]

5 Ways To Be Creative When You Think You Can’t Be Creative

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

We’ve all experienced times when we feel we’re all washed up and dried out of new ideas and pushed face first against an impenetrable wall, whether this lasts for a few moments, or a few weeks, or even longer. image: suburbanslice There are many practices we can put in place to ensure that these kinds [...]