This exercise brings together meditation and writing suggestions designed to help you heighten your awareness of the things you see, smell, taste, hear, and feel.
Present Sense Awareness
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Barbara Ann Yoder
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Quote of the Week
“You can tell someone is beautiful by the attention you give to description. You should give that kind of love to everything you describe.”—Janet Fitch
The Art of the Metaphor
What are dreams but metaphors? Here’s Jane Hirshfield on the art of making metaphors.
Cultivating the Creative
This is the fourth in a series of occasional posts, an A-to-Z guide designed to help you nurture your passion for writing. “D” stands for dream and discover.
Power Postures and Writing the Body
Here are some insights from the AROHO retreat on writing and the body, plus a bonus video by Amy Cuddy on power postures that increase confidence.
Dust Off Your Faerie Wings and Play
Tap into your playful, childlike energy to write more freely and have more fun when you write. Ideas here!
The Exquisite Corpse … and Other Writing Exercises for Kids of All Ages
A week’s worth of writing exercises to share with kids, from award-winning writer Sandra Hunter.
On Blossoming
Another writing lesson cultivated in my garden, right next to the beans.
Writing Stories in Scenes
Here’s a fabulous writing exercise that can help fiction and nonfiction writers practice the art of writing a story in scenes.
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