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Taking inspiration from a creature of the summer, a seasoned writer suggests a few approaches to stimulate, refresh, and gather your thoughts for the next stage of writing and spark your imagination with play.
When it seems impossible to find a way into writing, a robust community can be a beam of light in the darkness. The author of Ghost Hour describes the ways that a new writers group helped rekindle and guide her creative practice.
Many things bring light; some bring just enough to keep the monsters at bay. When ideal circumstances are scarce, focus on the dim, constant light that helps you get the work done, even if it comes from an unusual source.
The author of Us From Nothing offers an exercise to enhance the body’s role in the act of writing.
The author of Us From Nothing offers an exercise to become mindful of the body’s role in the act of writing.
The author of Us From Nothing revises his thinking about the role of the body in writing.
“I’d love to be the kind of writer who sits down at my desk at a specific and predictable time...and write, but I’ve never been that writer. —torrin a greathouse, author of DEED.
The author of Freedom Is a Feast examines the inspirational power of real-life events.
“I treat my life as fodder for literature, so I consider living it (surviving it) as part of writing.” —Ismet Prcic, author of Unspeakable Home
The author of Freedom Is a Feast explores tactics for creating compelling, human, three-dimensional characters.
