![]() ![]() I don't know if my hands even work anymore with pen and paper for any task that takes longer than signing a check or credit card receipt. In the past, looking for a spare notebook was probably easier than looking for a computer. Here's how it works: ★ All online and private Over time, I've found that it's also very helpful as a tool to get thoughts going that have become stuck, or to help get to the bottom of a rotten mood.ħ50 Words is the online, future-ified, fun-ified translation of this exercise. I've used the exercise as a great way to think out loud without having to worry about half-formed ideas, random tangents, private stuff, and all the other things in our heads that we often filter out before ever voicing them or writing about them. Unlike many of the other exercises in that book, I found that this one actually worked and was really really useful. The idea is that if you can get in the habit of writing three pages a day, that it will help clear your mind and get the ideas flowing for the rest of the day. It's about getting it all out of your head, and is not supposed to be edited or censored in any way. Morning pages are three pages of writing done every day, typically encouraged to be in "long hand", typically done in the morning, that can be about anything and everything that comes into your head. I've long been inspired by an idea I first learned about in The Artist's Way called morning pages. It's about learning a new habit: Writing. ![]() Here are a list of prompts that you can use to get started.Hello, welcome to a little thing called 750 Words Join 851,316 other writers by signing up now → ★ What is this site about? Reflect on the definition, write about how it has impacted your life, even write about how you will use it more in your life. Just pick one word a day and reflect on it. While you can use these any time of the year, I created these just in time for November– the month many deem as the month of gratitude (shouldn’t every month be the month of gratitude?). Here are a few writing prompts that I developed. These prompts have helped me tremendously with my writing as well as with self introspection. It helps me to find my voice and to recognize my barriers to writing. I write the way I would write to a good friend. It could be something prophetic (usually not) or as simple as just writing the word over and over (for those that really have writers block). If you don’t know what a writing prompt is, it is a keyword or question given out each day that you journal on. This time of year is great for that because a lot of companies are ramping down their production for the holidays (although, some of my blogging friends would beg to differ but I digress). ![]() So, I decided to take a little time off and just explore writing in a journal as a way of overcoming writers block. It is so annoying, especially when you make money writing! Writers block, that tricky little phenomenon that haunts creatives, academics, and everyone else at some point or another. No matter how hard that I tried, I couldn’t get the thoughts in my head to flow to the paper (or keyboard as it may be). I use writing as a way to convey brand messages, write down my thoughts, even to create stories for my children.īut recently I had really gotten into a writing slump. From as long as I can remember, I have wanted to write something. ![]()
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