by Peter Gibb | Mar 22, 2018 | General
Mindful Writing is a lot like life which is a lot like dancing on a teeter-totter, “surrender” at one end and “control” at the other. When the desire for control takes over, I buckle down, work harder, make some progress but too often end up banging my head against a...
by Peter Gibb | Jan 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Pixabay.com “Show, don’t tell.” If you’ve been to a writing class or read a writing book in the past 50 years, you’ve heard these words. So, what’s wrong with them? On one hand, nothing. But on another, a lot. If...
by Peter Gibb | Jan 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The most fundamental of all the many questions facing the Mindful Writer is this: what should I write about? We all face this question. But most advice on writing seems to skip this vital step, to focus on the “how” of writing – craft issues...
by Peter Gibb | Sep 21, 2017 | General, Mindfulness
photo credit: pixabay.com For decades, I’ve written a journal. Sometimes I was unfaithful. But when I returned, which I always did, the question scratched at me, “Why were you gone so long?” It was so sweet to be back. After a number of such wandering absences,...
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