Once you’ve established or re-established some momentum with your writing practice, it’s best to do everything you can to stay on track and keep building on your forward motion. In a sense, you’re working to develop a writing habit so that writing naturally becomes an integral part of your daily [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Creative Writing’
On Becoming A Writer — Step Three: Keep Your Momentum Going
Posted in Writing as a Practice, tagged Creative Writing, Writing on May 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
On Becoming a Writer — Step Two: Getting Up On A Plane
Posted in Writing as a Practice, tagged Creative Writing, Writing on May 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Anyone who’s been around powerboats knows that if you really want to get anywhere, you have to get your boat “up on a plane” and that to do so takes an initial expenditure of extra power and acceleration. When a boat begins forward motion through water, the hull is essentially plowing the [...]
On Becoming a Writer — Step One: Entering the Stream
Posted in Writing as a Practice, tagged Books, Creative Writing, Writing, Writing Retreats on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To become a writer, to be a writer, is deceptively simple: All you have to do is write. As soon as you begin writing, you are a writer. Plain and simple. Whenever I facilitate writing retreats and workshops, we always start with a short free-writing period. The purpose of [...]
Henry Miller on Writing
Posted in Creative Writing, tagged Books, Creative Writing, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, writers, Writing on April 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Finally, back from our vacation trip, meandering the California coast from San Francisco to Santa Barbara. So wonderful to discover that some places, especially Big Sur, seem impervious to change and still resonate with the wild beauty I first found when hitchhiking along the coast in 1970 and during subsequent visits over [...]
It’s Okay Not to Write!
Posted in Creative Writing, tagged Creative Writing, Writing on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s get this straight: the world will go on just fine without your writing. And writing is not going to save your life. In fact, in many cases, for many writers, the pursuit of the writing life is just about enough to drive you nuts. But if you’ve gotta do it, then [...]
Invoke Your Writing Benefactors
Posted in Creative Writing, Writing as a Practice, tagged Creative Writing, Writing on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Writing is essentially a solitary pursuit. Sure, there are exceptions, like when one works collaboratively on a screenplay, say, or does writing exercises in a group setting. But basically, we write alone, whether we’re secluded in a room or sitting elbow-to-elbow in a crowded Starbuck’s. We write alone, but [...]
Weekend Writing Retreat in Ohio
Posted in Writing Retreats, tagged Creative Writing, retreats, Writing, Writing Retreats on April 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m pleased to announce that I will be facilitating a weekend writing retreat near Columbus, Ohio this coming June. You can see details about the retreat here on my blog at the page for: WRITING FROM THE HEART – A WEEKEND RETREAT June 6 – 7, 2009 – 9:00a.m – 5:00p.m [...]
The Deep Satisfaction of Writing
Posted in Creative Writing, tagged Creative Writing, Writing on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning, on his daily radio show “The Writer’s Almanac,” Garrison Keillor quoted Gloria Steinem, who once said, “Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” This is a sentiment I’ve heard echoed over the years by many other writers and [...]
Listen to the silence . . . then write.
Posted in Creative Writing, Writing as a Practice, tagged Creative Writing, meditation, Writing on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Listening is one of the qualities that lies at the confluence of writing and meditation. In the practice of open awareness and mindfulness—the type of meditation where you’re not relying on a specific technique—part of the process is allowing the mind to quietly settle and be with whatever arises; to simply listen. [...]
