The fourth in a series of regular posts to encourage the writer in you to emerge.

“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.”

                                                        
Henry David Thoreau

The third in a series of regular posts to encourage the writer in you to emerge.

Writing is a body sport. It is not a head sport. Yes, what we call the head voice does seem to emanate from our brains. It is reasoned and analytical. But our deep and true voice is buried somewhere in our gut. And when we source it and use it, our audience will respond as well, deep in their bodies.

Writing is about rhythm and tonality.

We each possess our own rhythm and tonality.

The second in a series of regular posts to encourage the writer in you to emerge.

Check out Stephen Pressfield’s blog, “Beware the Saboteur.” Pressfield talks about how we, and those close to us, may attempt to sabotage our own work. He compares our art to that of the wooden boat builder. Built with great attention and passion, wooden boats often command the envy of those around them, just as our own artistic endeavors may cause jealousy from those near and dear to us.

“Each day you and I construct that vessel, which is unique to us and which we hope will carry us across oceans to the unfolding evolution of our lives. We must be wary of that element in our own hearts, and the hearts of others, that would destroy us before we even get in the water."

“Beware the saboteur!” –

The first in a series of regular posts to encourage the writer in you to emerge.

Did you, as part of your New Year’s Resolution, decide to pick up the pen (or the mouse) once again and rewrite that screenplay, begin the novel or write the article you have always dreamed of writing?

These dark months, from Samhain (Halloween) through the Spring equinox offer perfect moments for writing. The holidays are over. Carpe Diem. Stay up late (I know, radical for Maine) and watch the moon and big dipper move across the sky or get up early, earlier than usual, and dedicate thirty minutes to expressing yourself.

“Creative work is…a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.” Steven Pressfield in The War of Art.