writing practice
Try writing in different places. (Before you do, gather up all those scattered notes you have and enter all of them in the notebook.) Try to write in at least one new place a week if you can. Carry a list of writing exercises with you at all times if you are worried about having nothing to write.
Phillip Lopate • Writers and Their Notebooks
No matter what you’re writing—story, novel, poem, essay—the first thing you’re going to need is an idea. As I said earlier, don’t make this the intimidating part. Ideas are everywhere. Lift up a big rock and look under it, stare into a window of a house you drive past and dream about what’s going on inside. Read the newspaper, ask your father about
... See moreAnn Patchett • This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
I am starting to understand that my writing process is a dance, with a given choreography. The making of the tea, the opening of the windows, the clearing of the desk. Perusing my inspiration, picking the right playlist. Sitting down and getting back up again. This is not procrastination, but me, dancing the dance of my creative practice.
The steps
... See moreThese Two Writing Exercises Changed How I Write – From Ursula K. Le Guin
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“Write before you’re ready”
Write before you have completed your research
Write before you planned to
Remove the preciousness, just write, do a bad job. Just write