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Agatha’s Disappearance . . . Prompt #220
Read more: Agatha’s Disappearance . . . Prompt #220Today’s writing prompt is inspired by Agatha Christie’s mysterious disappearance. On a chilly December evening in 1926, 36-year-old Christie vanished from her English estate. While the famed author reportedly left a note that she had gone on vacation, the discovery of her car suggested otherwise. The vehicle was found at the edge of a quarry…
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Guest Blogger Genevieve V. Georget
Read more: Guest Blogger Genevieve V. GeorgetGenevieve V. Georget graciously gave me permission to re-post her October 5, 2015 Facebook post. The response to her post was surreal: Over 250,000 likes and 143,000 shares. Genevieve’s post is an excellent example of extraordinary writing that touches the heart. Guest Blogger Genevieve V. Georget: It was a Wednesday afternoon when I walked into…
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How To Write A Memoir — Part One
Read more: How To Write A Memoir — Part OneYour Life. You lived it. Surely you can write about it. Right? In How To Write A Memoir, Part 1, we’ll discuss methods and ideas about writing personal stories, with links to published memoirs. How To Write A Memoir, Part 2, we’ll cover organizing, revising and more. You can write in chronological order, or build…
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing . . .
Read more: Things falling apart is a kind of testing . . .Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart: “Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come…
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All sorrows can be borne . . .
Read more: All sorrows can be borne . . .“All sorrows can be borne if you put them in a story or tell a story about them.” Isak Dinesen Excerpted “From The Editor,” Alicia Anstead, editor-in-chief, July 2015, The Writer Magazine, writing about trauma and loss. Marlene’s Musings: Sometimes our writing explores fun journeys. Other times our writing takes an unexpected turn and drifts…
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Suffering from a creativity dry spell? Look to your nighttime dreams.
Read more: Suffering from a creativity dry spell? Look to your nighttime dreams.Guest Blogger Susan Audrey writes: I didn’t begin paying attention to my nighttime dreams until my dreamscapes started showing up in my waking life. The first instance was fairly benign: I dreamt of a man with dark hair, wearing a white, button-down shirt, standing to my right and talking on a pay phone (yes, this…
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What killed it for me. — Becca Puglisi
Read more: What killed it for me. — Becca PuglisiGuest Blogger Becca Puglisi, co-founder of Writers Helping Writers, talks about clichéd characters. It’s hard to come up with characters who are believable yet don’t sound like every other character out there. It’s especially easy to fall into this trap with certain archetypes, like witty sidekicks or wise old mentors. Unfortunately, a recent book that…
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Listen to your body as a way to creativity.
Read more: Listen to your body as a way to creativity.In this Just Write post, we’ll take a look at the idea of listening to your body as a way to get past blocks toward your creativity. First, turn off your cell phone or put to vibrate. Unplug from Facebook and emails. Eliminate as many distractions as you can. If you are experiencing extreme grief…