I’ve begun a writing project by jotting words down and end up with an image that I must create. Conversely, I’ve begun a process in thumbnail sketches that stimulate words and feelings which become a written piece.
Category: Inspiration
Ugly Sweaters
Features of the ugly sweater are bright primary colors enhanced with metallic embellishments and at least one (or maybe 10) Christmas devices.
Tribes
How can a tribe help with writing?
Questions
A member of one of my writing groups always asked, “What do you want the reader to come away with?”
Join (a group)
As solitary as writing can be, we also long for folks who think somewhat like us.
Images
“Picture this…” a friend begins to set a scene in your mind. As you listen, they build up the setting.
Darkness
A piece would be boring and unfulfilling without some sort of chiaroscuro (light vs dark) to bring out the characters, the story line, and our own investment in reading.
Cycles
We’ve lost momentum and really don’t know where to pick it up again. I’ve been in that mode. While at times we do need to step away and let our subconscious work, don’t get stuck.
OBSERVATIONS #20 – 12.31.24
Change is Coming – Details To Be Announced To the January-June, 2025 Racine Writer-in-Residence Grantee #18 – Congratulations! Best Wishes to our new WIR program coordinator! Formal announcements will be made shortly. In the meantime, Thank You, Nick Ramsey/Art Root coordinator, 2017-2024, for your outstanding leadership and diligence in organizing the program. Nick’s hands on…
OBSERVATIONS #19 – 12.31.24
EN PLEIN AIRThe humid wind, sandy beaches, blinding light, hidden niches,Safeguards the children,Suspended between parched earth, blue sky, clear water, As if etched in steel, not real, tell time. Trace your way along the path, Through scrub, lost at the edge,Reminiscent of ancient mounds, Dissonance turned melodic,Just beyond, Long shadows of man and trees intersect,Leafy…
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