Relax and Write

Don't just stare at it....Your overthinking!

Start by picking up that pen or pencil and begin writing nonsense or words that rhyme. If not that, then draw a scene. Whatever comes gently to your mind, don't force it. It can be this easy to get your brain into the flow....relax, but don't walk away without filling that page.

How I feel the moment I type: Chapter 1...

Sometimes it takes some climbing to get into that writing flow.

Photo by Lissy Laricchia

It's a New Year!

Resolve to write for at least an hour per day.

Story Telling Rules from Pixar

Pixar’s Writing Rules.....

Read Like a Writer

“Learn how to read like a writer. Take prose a little bit slower and be a bit more conscious and self-aware of it. And, when you have a reaction to something, when something makes you happy or sad, stop and go back, and try to see how the author made that happen.”

~ Stephanie Perkins’ advice to aspiring writers ~

Distractions

A writer's poem by Teri Saya

I sit in front of the computer staring at the white, blank page.

The margins are set, the font is right, my fingers hover.

What will I write?

I see my reflection in the mirror on my desk,

It is there because I Skype… You know what I mean.

What will I write?

Stop thinking about Facebook or Twitter or Tumblr.
Blank, blank, blank it's all I see.

What will I write?

I’m hungry.  Should I go make a sandwich?

My boys’ photos on the wall smile back at me.

Yes Mom, go make a sandwich, they seem to say,

NO, NO, NO!  Concentrate for heavens’ sake!

What will I write?

I smell the new incense I lit before sitting down,

I hear the clock ticking and the hiss of my tinnitus.

Think, think, think….come on woman,

There’s got to be something in your head!

What will I write?

The phone rings downstairs,

My husband picks it up.

The dog wanders in,

I pet her on the head.

I think of the sandwich again,

And OMG! Now I have to pee!

What will I write?..........Nothing today.