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May Some of the Most Beautiful Sentences In Literature Inspire You!
I hope you enjoy using this compendium of literary inspiration from readers and writers across the web.
(Although some sentences are grammatically awkward, even incorrect, they can provide a jump-point for your writing.)
1. "At...
How to Break the Chains, and the Blocks so you can Write, Now!
Are you at a sticking point or feeling blocked in your work, your writing, a relationship? Follow these steps:
- Be still.
- Find the Thing or The One you can't bear to forgive. Consciously or Unconsciously this has become a Blockage to your Creative...
Self-Healing Secrets for Women Who Want To Write!
Listen. At any given time, there is a woman out there with as much life behind as ahead of her now. She has Wisdom to share, and stories to tell. She may be looking at retirement; she may need to leave a soul-depleting job, she could be...
How to Stop Suffering from your plan to write Some Day!
"The Feels" can become barriers and self-sabotage; food for The Resistance Monster hiding next to the manuscript in your closet! Perhaps you’re like me, looking at retirement (finally) and an empty nest as a pathway to (finally) writing that...
How to Stop Avoiding Things That Overwhelm You
This week, I'm sharing a post that helps with almost any kind of overwhelm, and let's face it, overwhelm is the new black! The article is by
Is Your Sleep FUBAR?
If sleep is elusive or excessive right now, don't worry! Sleep patterns are commonly interrupted around the times of year when we move the clock forward or back.
Think of this time as a gift;
- write down everything that's bugging you and dispose...
Are you Sharing or Shadowing Your Skills, Gifts, and Talents?
Don't Know What to Write About? Try This imagination tickler
You want to write, but you feel you don't know how to get started? Don't Know What to Write About? Read this story-stem, imagine "what happens next" and write that down. Easy Peasy. Flex that muscle, ignite your writing!
Dr. Landis is...
15 Ways to Nourish the Body, Mind, and Soul of a Writer!
What does a bunch of recipes have to do with writing? Memories=Senses=Nourishment for writers!
Taking a page from the past as well as from Mother Nature; some of the best things about the season of winter begin with warm and nostalgic aromas...
You Can't Create Like Anybody Else
...because you AREN'T like anybody else in the entire Universe!
“We should write because it is human nature to write. Writing claims our world. It makes it directly and specifically our own. We should write because humans are spiritual...
Are you working with your writers gifts or against them?
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The Writer's Energy Expert
Judy McNutt
Author/ Curator
You know how, as creative women, we come to the end of our careers, hopeful and yet a little scared as we move on into retirement? It's a lot, all at once; a ton of paperwork, insurance boogers, and the Tasmanian Moneyplanning-Devil. Beneath the now-different To-Do lists the desire to finally sit down to write sits there, gasping for breath. Then life starts making other plans for your time. Those juices get sticky as a grandchild's little hands. Fear slips in, and when you finally do grab a few minutes to write, it feels like there is a wall between you and what is wanting to be born into the world. How do I know this? I had that same desire and urgent calling to write, too. I had no idea how to begin or what to do, and I could find no help for a recently-retired lady who wanted to write! So after a 25-year career in broadcasting and then 16 more years as a public school teacher, I retired. I tried to write, but the excitement and ideas soon began to dry up. My inner critic went to work, too." It's too late, you're too old. It would be selfish. Your parents and family still need you. There are already so many writers who have natural talents, skills, and gifts- who do you think you are?" I went on, questioning myself until one day, I asked out loud, "Who DO I think I am?" That question finally struck a note, and the code cracked wide open. My journey into living the life of a writer began. I was flooded with ripening questions, and I wrote them all down, did all the research, and I finally had the answers to my previously forbidden fruit. I could finally sink my teeth into the new reality, "This is a new chapter, not the end of my story, and there are other women just like me; women with juicy gifts to discover and a story to tell." Let’s begin!
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