This Creative Writing Exercise Will Get You Unstuck Every Time
Sometimes, I just stare at the screen, wanting to write but having no idea what to say. Has that ever happen to you?
Summer Sun (writing prompt)
It’s summer and the weather is beautiful—at least where I live. Today, write about the sun, the summer, the warm weather.
Write for fifteen minutes. When your time is up, post your practice in the comments section. And if you post, please be sure to read a few practices by your fellow writers and give feedback.
Happy writing!
How To Write When You’re Really Tired
Just last night, I arrived back home from the Middle East, where I was working for the last two weeks. I traveled over 7,400 miles over thirty-two hours, and honestly, I’m exhausted.
This Quote from Picasso Will Make You Want to Start Writing Right Now
“Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don’t start measuring her limbs.”
You Must Remember Every Scar
“The only requirement,” to be a writer, said Stephen King, “is the ability to remember every scar.”
I have a few scars (and you do, too). There’s that girl in the eighth grade, my father’s illness in the seventh, and there was that boy earlier than that who told me to shut up every time I spoke to him.
When did I learn to fear my voice?
