This last week I’ve glimpsed a lot of Big Magic. At a retreat as we wrote our Morning Pages we allowed the writing to take us places we never expected. Over the weekend each person had a Big Magic moment—a moment of divinity—a point where the pen, the past and the present collided with Big Magic […]
Would you be willing to give your life to save the world if no one ever knew your name? If anonymity was the price you would have to pay for significance, would it be too great a price? To live a life of courage is not a […]
100 Day Creative Challenge 71: Share Writers are like magpies. We collect ideas, Pinterest pictures, articles, photos, quotes, books. Writers also share. Writers love to talk about ideas, tell stories, help each other. We form writing groups, work with critique partners, attend conferences and retreats and consult with colleagues. Writing is a solitary pursuit, so […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 62: Write Something. Make Something Just before Christmas I had two surgeries. One minor and one major. I was told I wouldn’t be able to do much for six weeks after the major surgery and I naively thought that I would write a lot. I’m a person who loves to […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 55: One Bite At A Time National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is an example of ‘one bite at a time’ writing. On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30. The goal of 1000 words a day is a manageable way […]
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 49: Creativity is Priceless I hear people say that if only they had more money they could really be creative. But, if we waited for money to create we’d never do it. What’s your definition of being rich? One of mine is being able to go into a bookstore or […]
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 […]
