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.
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.
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.
Spending time outdoors, among the birds and flowers and sunshine, heal us physically and mentally. We become more creative and productive because we step out of our own world and into a larger perspective.
As writers, it is important to be voracious readers. Reading a variety of genres — fiction, nonfiction, articles, essays, poetry — helps us shape our voice, skill and view of the world.
Suffer from blank page syndrome? Reading helps us refocus, provides writing prompts from where we least expect them, and energizes us to plow ahead with our writing.
