Benefits of Writing
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Update on the 25,000 Words of Winter Challenge
Today is the deadline for my writing challenge. I’m both disappointed and happy to report that I was able to write 19,000 words. Disappointed because I didn’t reach my word count goal, but very happy about the writing that I completed during the challenge. And I believe that I benefited from this experiment in a Continue reading
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25.000 Words of Winter: Update
On February 17, after reading Jami Attenberg’s book 1000 Words, I committed to writing 1000 words, four to five days a week, to reach a total of 25,000 words by April 1. This is my first update on the project. I’m happy to say that I almost reached my goal. I know, almost doesn’t count. Continue reading
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Reasons to Keep Writing
Writing is hard work. Maintaining a regular writing practice can be thankless. You don’t always get the recognition and support that you deserve. Your writing gets rejected. Or ignored. You may question your ability. You may wonder why you keep doing it, or if you should. At times when you feel that your writing is Continue reading
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Blankness or Clutter, How Do YOU Begin a Writing Project?
I have always felt sympathy for my freshman composition students as they anticipate a writing assignment in my class. I know the discomfort of facing a blank screen. I understand the anxiety some students experience when trying to fill the blankness with . . . something . . . something that will satisfy the requirements Continue reading
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How to Leave Your Problems on the Page
Do our problems define us? Have our past experiences, especially those that were difficult or troubling, made us who we are? Are they an integral part of our identity? In their 1990 book Narrative Means to Therapeutic Ends, family therapists Michael White and David Epston observed that people sometimes define themselves in terms of their Continue reading
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Is Writing Good for Us and, if so, Should We Care?
For most of my writing life, I have resisted the idea that writing is therapeutic. Maybe it is, but so what? That’s not why I wanted to write. I wanted to create literary art. I wanted to write for an audience, not for my mental health. I used to think that those who use writing Continue reading
Do you write about yourself and your experiences? Do you write about traumatic events in your life? Or, do you struggle to find time and motivation to write?
If so, this blog is for you.
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