For the Conscious Writer I am not saying that meditation is the only element necessary to turn you into a master writer, but if this practice is absent from your writing and creative process, you are simply leaving too much potential on the table. –Farnoosh Brock Meditation is important for the imagination. It gives us the spaceContinue reading “Find Your Quiet Place”
Monthly Archives: September 2020
Know when to “fuck what they say”
For the Conscious Writer Know when to “fuck what they say” With my first novel being experimental fiction, I’m all for bending the rules. I love movies that don’t follow standards. I love writers that don’t either. But there’s an art to it. Some things are worth a good listen, especially if they are inContinue reading “Know when to “fuck what they say””
Self Reflection and Writing
For the Conscious Writer Photo by Vince Fleming on Unsplash ”It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.” — Ella Maillart Photo by Reno Laithienne on Unsplash Self Reflection This is the cardinal rule. “Know thyself.” Self reflection is the direct link to knowing yourself. As conscious writers, weContinue reading “Self Reflection and Writing”
How to Write Like an Artist
Feel more connected to your work Photo by Alice Donovan Rouse on Unsplash This is just a fun title. There’s no rules to being an artist. That’s what makes artists artists. Anyway, here’s some things to consider, while you’re writing, that will make you feel more connected to your work as if it is a work of art.Continue reading “How to Write Like an Artist”
A Conscious Writer
A Conscious Writer Is A Valuable Type of Writer Photo by Quentin Lagache on Unsplash We live in a world where it’s inappropriate to admit how you truly feel. We are shunned from certain circles when we question authority. It’s not always the authority figure shunning us. Often times, the authority figure is excited to finally haveContinue reading “A Conscious Writer”
Start New Writing Goals Everyday
For Writing Goals Photo by Content Pixie on Unsplash Wake up with brand new expectations daily. Let go of whatever you didn’t finish the previous day and just focus on finishing today’s goals. You may ask, well what if I get behind? Yes, that is a great question. I used to overwhelm myself when I didn’t complete myContinue reading “Start New Writing Goals Everyday”
You’re Contribution is Valuable
Dear Writer, Photo by Johnny McClung on Unsplash Understand that you’re contribution is valuable What you have to share is irreplaceable. People can write things similar to you and that’s ok. You’re adding your work to the mosaic. Maybe your piece is a little darker, or more positive, or more factual. We need it all. No matterContinue reading “You’re Contribution is Valuable”
Art and Consciousness
Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash Consciousness is the ability to exchange a vast amount of ideas. These ideas can be externally or internally challenged. They are concepts that grow and change and bloom or fizzle away to allow new ones to take their place. In some instances, consciousness can separate the individual from things around them andContinue reading “Art and Consciousness”
It’s the Chase
It’s the Chase A Micro Romance On Writing Photo by Marcos Paulo Prado on Unsplash You know that feeling when you’re creating and you’re chasing everything your thoughts, new ideas, the missing links, that’s what you’re in it for. You chase, your brain is all over the place, and then it slowly and suddenly you realize, it’s allContinue reading “It’s the Chase”
Forbidden Fruit
I’ve taken a bite crisp juice dribbled down my chin An answered prayer from the heavenly hosts a clasped hand closed tight like a casket Banished me The ground churned toiled and labor pains shoot up from my hips flashes of lightening of memories that survived the flood The fruit swallowed left to decay inContinue reading “Forbidden Fruit”
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