WRITE ON
“Through joy and through sorrow, I wrote. Through hunger and through thirst, I wrote. Through good report and through ill report, I wrote. Through sunshine and through moonshine, I wrote. What I wrote it is unnecessary to say.” - Edgar Allan Poe
Writing is a craft like carpentry, and mastery can be acquired through guided practice. Practice, so that you’re thumb doesn't turn black and blue from missing the nail. Guidance, so that the editor's hatchet becomes a tool, not a weapon of terror.
This book is designed to help inspire and unleash the writer in you in a challenging, but non-threatening, way. There are no right or wrong answers. This is for your eyes only – a private place for your thoughts.
What’s In the Book
Each calendar day offers a quotation intended to inspire, encourage, and stimulate your thoughts. Underneath each quotation is a suggestion or question and space for your thoughts. There is also a vocabulary word per week to be included in your responses, for those who want an additional challenge.
There are no hard and fast rules. No matter what you do, or how you decide to do it, the main thing is to write and to enjoy doing it.
Here's a sample:
DAY 1
QUOTE: “What makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you know and care about.” -- Audrey Flack
SUGGESTION: Write about one thing that you know and care about.
REPLY: I know one thing; I really care about writing. Words to me are fascinating, and sometimes I hear someone use a clever turn of a phrase, and I want to scribble it down. When I need to express myself, to communicate, I will frequently write it in a letter, instead of speaking it out loud. Maybe words offer me refuge and shelter. Or perhaps they take away the protection, and leave me exposed and raw, with my most intimate and vulnerable side out there for the whole world to see. But words make me feel empowered, as long as I use them honestly, and with feeling. Gosh, I honestly feel like I am going to enjoy these daily opportunities to write. How will I know unless I experiment? The proof is in the pudding, as they say. So far, so good!
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