Finding your voice doesn’t always mean finding the right words, because your voice isn’t always about talking, is it? You speak through your music. Your knitting. Your dancing. Your sketching. Your gardening. It’s all an expression of something – love, hate, desire, frustration, kindness, sadness, happiness, loneliness. For writers, it is about the words. Which ones do you choose? How
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You’ve probably heard the one about having three faces: the one you show to the world, the one you show to your close friends and family, and the one you never show to anyone. Every time I hear that, I think, “Three? Really? Are you kidding me?” You have to be kidding me. Strangers. Hostile strangers. Friendly strangers. Acquaintances. Friends.
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The only way to do something scary is to just… you know, just do it. Profound, right? (sarcasm alert) But it’s true, even if it’s usually only half the story. Getting over that first hurdle doesn’t mean that the path will be all bubblegum and roses afterward. It’d be nice if having the courage to try something guaranteed success, but
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Writing prompts can be downright weird. There are idea generators that will suggest plots for you (actual result: “A model has 24 hours to use the information given by their dying guide to find an overgrown garden.”) Some will try to write part of the story for you after you make a few selections (actual result: “Robert Cox looked at
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I didn’t sleep very well on Wednesday night. I kept waking up at 47 minutes past the hour. I have a cold that’s almost gone now, but on Wednesday night, it kept waking me up with the hacking and the sneezing and the phlegm. There’s no reason why this should lead to waking up at 47 minutes past the hour
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Heather Masterson 