We all have a story promise in us. Something sown deep within that seeks to be released. Perhaps some of you have that lump in your throat, that heart race, that visceral response in your body that tells you it’s time to make a promise. It may be time to give yourself permission to honour […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 60: Reinvention and Redirection This week I’ve had two retreat days with my creative ninja friend, Amanda. One day was all about my work and today was about a rather ambitious project my husband is planning for 2017. In the process I’ve been inspired again to write the truth of […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 57: The Overflow of the Wine Glass of Life The advice, write what you know, is often given, however, it could be written write out of what you live. Creativity is birthed in life. In spirit. In adventure. In learning. In experiences. In relationships. Too often in our busy lives, we […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 56: Go With The Flow A theme has emerged in my last few posts about first drafts, about not getting bogged down by perfectionism, about not being precious about our creative work and today I’m being encouraged not to over-analyse. I once studied counselling and found the approach very refreshing. The […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 53: Process Ten years ago I decided to write a book — so I did. I believed that my years of reading voraciously, studying literature and teaching writing qualified me. I wish I’d stayed as innocent as I was then. Writing a book is actually as simple as just writing, […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 51: The Right to Write Quite a few years ago I taught a transition to study course for adults. Most of the students were people who left school at 15 years of age to work. They had all signed up to do a Diploma in Theology and had a few hundred […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 50: Just Do It! Anne Lamont famously wrote a chapter entitled *SFD’s in her book on writing, Bird by Bird. Lamont writes: The first draft is a child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 48: Write Motivation Learning how we are wired and how we work is an important creative challenge and may just help us to get more done. I wrote my first book in a month. I’d finished work and dedicated a month to writing. I’d get up in the morning and […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 47: Creative Community I belong to what I term My Creative Community. I’ve formed friendships with people of all different ages, from all around the world who have become my community. Creativity feeds creativity. Sort of like that idea of iron sharpening iron. We all need to belong, to feel […]
