After taking a writing seminar at the end of December, I realized that I need to write, right now, instead of waiting for the big moment when a full novel, or an article on whatever, pops into my head and thence to the page....In order to write something of significance, I have to practise with the insignificant, as it were.
The seminar, led by Lynda Monk (http://creativewellnessworks.com/) was about writing from where you are (literally, as we were scattered about the province, linked by a conference call) in the moment. She facilitated a couple of exercises that got us writing and sharing what we had created - something that we often, even though we might write/journal, don't get to do, especially when feedback is involved.
Really, the point was that whatever we wrote was significant in that it was what we wanted to say at the time of writing. I had to stifle my inner critic, who after hearing a couple of the other women's pieces, was loud and clear in my head that my writing was trivial and uninteresting compared to theirs. I was pleasantly surprised to receive positive feedback from strangers!
Anyway, I have started this blog in order to have a place to engage in writing...as a practice, as therapy, as an outlet, and as a challenge to myself to try to organize my thoughts. A hopeful enterprise for the beginning of a new year.
The seminar, led by Lynda Monk (http://creativewellnessworks.com/) was about writing from where you are (literally, as we were scattered about the province, linked by a conference call) in the moment. She facilitated a couple of exercises that got us writing and sharing what we had created - something that we often, even though we might write/journal, don't get to do, especially when feedback is involved.
Really, the point was that whatever we wrote was significant in that it was what we wanted to say at the time of writing. I had to stifle my inner critic, who after hearing a couple of the other women's pieces, was loud and clear in my head that my writing was trivial and uninteresting compared to theirs. I was pleasantly surprised to receive positive feedback from strangers!
Anyway, I have started this blog in order to have a place to engage in writing...as a practice, as therapy, as an outlet, and as a challenge to myself to try to organize my thoughts. A hopeful enterprise for the beginning of a new year.
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