For the Conscious Writer The great thing about writing you’re own stories is that we have a good idea about what is going to happen. What can be interesting is when we have to leave our stories and gain that sense of powerlessness when we enter into someone else’s story There’s two aspects to this,Continue reading “Stepping Out of Your Story and Embracing the Powerlessness of Someone Else’s”
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A Letter to My Characters
For the Conscious Writer Dear Characters, I’m am here. I will always be here forever and always. I will learn and know each and every part of you and help you bloom into the person that you were always meant to be. No matter what choice you make, no matter how many times you fail,Continue reading “A Letter to My Characters”
Right Now is Important
For the Conscious Writer “The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” — Abraham Maslow We get wrapped up. At least I do. The story eats away at me. I forget what it feels like to just be in reality for a few hours. I obsess my charactersContinue reading “Right Now is Important”
Get Out Into the Storm
For the Conscious Writer You know those snow storms when it’s freezing cold and there’s so much snow it’s literally coming out of your ears. Yes, those. Ok so now let’s say you’re finally dry and warm again all snuggied up in your car. Then you pull into your driveway, and all you’ve wanted isContinue reading “Get Out Into the Storm”
How to Let Go While Feeling Everything
For the Conscious Writer “Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.” Dalai Lama As a conscious writer, it’s important to be able to let a story go. It starts during creation, even though you shouldn’t think too much about what to get rid of whileContinue reading “How to Let Go While Feeling Everything”
Have a Go To Beverage
For the Conscious Writer Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation. Abraham Verghese As aContinue reading “Have a Go To Beverage”
Find Your Quiet Place
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”
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”
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”
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