Tag Archives: prose

They Think They Know

The world is full of people who think they know what’s better for you, but you know what’s best for you. You’ve fought yourself long enough. You don’t need to fight others too. You’ve trudged through murky spaces and up mountains many have yet to climb. Build your world with so much integrity and passionContinue reading “They Think They Know”

Until it Shifts

The art that comes out of me when I’m alone is much different from the art that comes out of me when I’m surrounded by people. The art the comes out of me when I’m rested is different from the art that comes out of me when I’m exhausted. I like to write in allContinue reading “Until it Shifts”

She Lied

Jayne.PressSep 28 · 1 min read A micro story about a girl who lied “I’m going to Venice,” she says. “I’m late for my flight.” Her empty palms show as she waves goodbye to her friends. She freezes for a moment to sip from her piping hot cup of coffee, then rushes off down the road. A fewContinue reading “She Lied”

What it Takes to be an Artist

Jayne.Press·3 min read Have you lost yourself in societal expectations? Our housekeeping is mendicant, our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion, we have not chosen, but society has chosen for us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson taken from his essay titled Self-Reliance Have you lost yourself in societal expectations? Trying to meet the expectations of everyone aroundContinue reading “What it Takes to be an Artist”

Six Tips on How to Start Writing

Let’s write books !! There are people out there who write entire books. You say you wanna write. You say you have a great story with great ideas. There’s only one thing stopping you from getting a great story from inside your head and onto paper. The only thing stopping you is you. That’s noContinue reading “Six Tips on How to Start Writing”

Candle on the Water

How to keep writing even when flooded of uncertainty When we start writing our novels and our poems we have this grand idea. It starts in our head. Then we find different ways to get it out on paper whether writing outlines or going right in and developing the piece as we go. The processContinue reading “Candle on the Water”

Bubbles

Bring us peace and focus The church bellsline us up on timeON TIME Beep Children tap their small feetand wriggly fingers against the table Clash Stand on the diving boardand lean in head firsttill the watersbubble around you When you’re readyjust swimup Saschia Johnson This poem was published on Know Thyself Heal Thyself A greatContinue reading “Bubbles”

Write to Wake Up

Writing wakes me up to so many things, here’s a few. Do you write to wake up? And no, I don’t mean in the morning. Writing in many ways shines a light on the parts of yourself that you didn’t even notice. And the lessons that come with being a writer also tend to shine aContinue reading “Write to Wake Up”

Keep Going

There’s zigzags and byways and dark shifty alleyways What do you get when you can’t find your way? Found? Or left to run astray? I don’t know what comes between those two things but I sure know you’re going to find all the things you’re meant to you’re not behind just make sure youKeep going.Continue reading “Keep Going”