Not every environment is ideal for creating and writing. Finding joy in our work and focusing on the beauty in nature that surrounds us can bring us satisfaction.
Author: Emma Kathryn Harris
Fight your fears and submit your work
Fear keeps writers from sharing their work with the world. Why does fear have a strong hold on writers? What can we do to fight fear?
Death of a butterfly
Does the death of an insect affect us differently than the death of an avian? This is what I asked myself with the demise of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and a sparrow. A reflection on how we react to death in nature.
Structure and self-care with ballet
Stress and life in general mean we have to find our happy place for mental, emotional, and physical therapy. Ballet teaches me adaptability and compromise. As writers, we must adopt changes thrust upon us. But despite our challenges, we keep going because writers are who we are.
Remaining connected to nature
Our connection to nature is connection to purpose. Life’s distractions can keep us from pausing to reflect on creation and its emotional and psychological effects on us. A blue heron recently reminded me to pay attention to what truly matters.
Benefits of writing your draft from the middle
Trying to create an inspiring opening to our article or story is one of the hardest, though most important, tasks we have to fulfill. What will help us focus and write introductions with amazing sentence structure and appealing copy? Start writing from the middle.