MINDFUL WRITING – BALANCING SURRENDER AND CONTROL

MINDFUL WRITING – BALANCING SURRENDER AND CONTROL

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...
What’s wrong with show vs tell?

What’s wrong with show vs tell?

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...
The Mindful Writer — What to write about?

The Mindful Writer — What to write about?

  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...
The Joy of Journaling

The Joy of Journaling

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,...