Search results for: “trauma”
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Get through trauma
Read more: Get through trauma“One of the best things you can do for yourself to get through a traumatic life or childhood or single incident is to not bury it but talk or write about it until you acquire the skills to manage it or put it to rest.” — Janet P. How to write about a difficult subject…
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How to write without adding trauma.
Read more: How to write without adding trauma.This week we’ll discuss how to write the hard stuff without experiencing trauma while you write. Notes and guidelines Whenever a writing prompt is suggested, feel free to write whatever you want. You never have to stay with the prompt. Don’t stop and think, just follow your mind and write wherever it takes you. What’s…
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The Write Spot: Writing as a Path to Healing
Read more: The Write Spot: Writing as a Path to HealingThe Write Spot: Writing as a Path to Healing is a collection of a wide variety of stories and includes an extensive resource section with information on how to write about difficult topics without add trauma. Shavasana by Karen Handyside Ely (excerpt) I lie flat on my back. Dewy in yoga sweat. Flushed and giddy after…
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Write to Heal
Read more: Write to HealWhen we experience an emotional event, we tend to replay it in our minds. Sometimes we want uncomfortable situations to disappear, so we try to ignore and suppress what happened. But we don’t forget. One way to manage intense feelings is to write about them. “When a writer keeps things inside, it becomes a ball…
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Books
Read more: BooksThe Write Spot books are a series of anthologies edited by Marlene Cullen. These books are collections of entertaining short stories, poems, and vignettes. Each Write Spot book has writing prompts and a resource section with tips to inspire your writing. The Write Spot Books Available from your local bookseller. Print books and e-reader available…
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About
Read more: AboutThe Write Spot Started In My Parlor Hi, I’m Marlene. I’m delighted you are here. About The Write Spot My passion for writing—and for working with writers—sparked the creation of The Write Spot, a vibrant community for writers that includes Jumpstart Writing Workshops, Writers Forum, The Write Spot Blog, and seven Write Spot books. At…
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Making sense of something senseless
Read more: Making sense of something senselessI have re-read a Wall Street Journal article numerous times since its publication, July 2024, partly because of the subject, mostly because of the riveting way it was written . . . the account of the days before and after Rachel Zimmerman’s husband’s death by his own hand. “As a health reporter, I wrote years…
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As writers, we’re often . . .
Read more: As writers, we’re often . . .“As writers, we’re often trained to seek momentum—significant events, turning moments, the big emotional payoff. Especially in memoir, there’s pressure to magnify the trauma or spin a grand arc of triumph. But when I sat down to write, what called to me weren’t the headlines. It was the folds in between.” — Mary Monoky, “What…
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Memory
Read more: MemoryGuest Blogger Hospice Nurse Sharon Ziff writes: We acknowledge that aging, slowing down, and death are normal stages of life. We exercise, eat healthy, think positively, and bring love and playfulness into our lives. Still, eventually, death will walk in. What if we make friends with death? Can understanding the last chapters of your life…
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I Don’t Know . . .
Read more: I Don’t Know . . .Note from Marlene: I am very excited to share Jennifer’s post with you. Since my passion is how to write about difficult subjects without adding trauma, I am especially grateful to Jennifer for addressing this topic. Jennifer’s eloquent writing on what she doesn’t know about her father is outstanding and an example of how you…