Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer and never plan to write for publication, chances are you will someday have to write an obituary for someone you’ve loved and lost. I know this, because last week I wrote an obit for my dad. Six years earlier, I wrote one for my mom. […]
Reposting: A Brief Guide to Narrative Navigation
In British English, punctuation at the end of a sentence is called a “full stop,” – just like the red, octagonal, road sign at an intersection. Indeed, basic punctuation is a great deal like road signs, instructing the reader when to slow down, yield, and stop. In this way, punctuation is a great tool […]
How Peaceful the Disconnected Life Can Be
Earlier this week, the Internet connection to my studio went down and I was reminded how peaceful the disconnected life can be. I had no Internet when I first moved into my Chapel of the Imagination, as I call my one-room studio tucked into a wooded corner of our land. At first, I was stunned […]
Evening Pages
EVENING PAGES I’ve added Evening Pages to my daily writing practice. I take time at the end of the day to reflect on both what and how I’ve put words on the page. Evening Pages provide closure to a day that starts with Morning Pages. MORNING PAGES I’ve been writing Morning Pages as prescribed by […]
Learning to Use Scrivener
I first learned about Scrivener, a program to help writers organize long-form projects, from a post by J.A. Hennrikus, right here on Live to Write, Write to Live. A few months later, she posted again about Scrivener, this time about taking a course about how to use it. That’s pretty much when I grayed out. […]
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