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4.9 Journal Prompt
Posted on April 9, 2021 1 Comment
Where was the last place you wrote that truly inspired you?
Time to Write: The Stories We Tell
Posted on April 2, 2021 Leave a Comment
What’s your story? When uttered by an adult, that phrase usually struck fear into the heart of young Beth, suggesting I’d made a wrong choice, a bad decision, or run my big mouth when I shouldn’t have. In fact, an iteration of that question asked by my 5th grade teacher in a moment of haste […]
3.31 Journaling Prompt
Posted on March 31, 2021 Leave a Comment
What writing ‘season’ is next for you, at the culmination of this ‘season’? How will you know it will be time to move forward? What characteristics will guide your movement? (For more clarity, see posts from 3.30, 3.29, and 3.28.)
3.30 Journaling Prompt
Posted on March 30, 2021 Leave a Comment
What writing ‘season’ did you just come from/out of? How do you know? What were the defining characteristics of this ‘season’? (Look back to the 3.29 and 3.28 prompt for more clarity, if needed.)
What to Do When Words Don’t Come
Posted on March 29, 2021 Leave a Comment
Being in that place where it’s time to put words down on the page but they refuse to show up can feel incredibly isolating, but it needn’t be. Since the days of papyrus and charcoal (or whatever ancient writing implements were used!), feeling blocked in getting our ideas from the abstract to the concrete faces […]
3.29 Journaling Prompt
Posted on March 29, 2021 1 Comment
What “season” is your writing in currently? How do you know? (See yesterday’s prompt for more clarity, if needed.)
3.28 Journaling Prompt
Posted on March 28, 2021
How does your writing change with the external seasons?
3.27 Journaling Prompt
Posted on March 27, 2021 1 Comment
If you could name a singular emotion you feel about your writing process in this moment, what would it be? Explore this word.
Time to Write: Getting Words to the Page
Posted on March 26, 2021 2 Comments
Now that we have all this space and paper, what on earth do we begin to write about? This may be the easy part for you–you may have been wanting to write for quite some time, but lacked the impetus. Stories of your grandkids, poems about your travels, a blog about breakfast cereals. Perhaps the […]
