One of the best things you can do to learn how to write well is to read really good writing. Read it, be moved by it, and read it again, asking yourself, “How did she/he DO that?!” If you want to write poetry, read the kind of poetry you’d like to write. If you want […]
Posted on Dec 8th 06 by Verna Wilder.
Verna's joy is helping people find and refine their writing voice, and she does that by coaching, editing, and leading writing workshops. She's a writer and a reader and a lover of good books, good music, good movies, good food. For the past 25 years, Verna has given her best energy to working in a cube; now she's taking that experience and giving her best energy to her clients. Life finally makes a little more sense. http://vernawilder.typepad.com/out_of_the_cube/
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This morning I am lying on the sofa with the laptop open, waiting for inspiration. It comes in the form of an email message from a friend. “Have you seen this?” she asks, and includes a link to an NPR site where writers talk about writing. When I can’t find my own words on the […]
Posted on Nov 24th 06 by Verna Wilder.
Verna's joy is helping people find and refine their writing voice, and she does that by coaching, editing, and leading writing workshops. She's a writer and a reader and a lover of good books, good music, good movies, good food. For the past 25 years, Verna has given her best energy to working in a cube; now she's taking that experience and giving her best energy to her clients. Life finally makes a little more sense. http://vernawilder.typepad.com/out_of_the_cube/
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I am not an organized writer; in general, I am an organized person, but this gift abandons me when it comes to writing. Sometimes I can’t find my most recent notebook, the one that contans The Best Writing I’ve Ever Done; sometimes it’s my pen I can’t find, and anyone who writes by hand knows […]
Posted on Nov 6th 06 by Verna Wilder.
Verna's joy is helping people find and refine their writing voice, and she does that by coaching, editing, and leading writing workshops. She's a writer and a reader and a lover of good books, good music, good movies, good food. For the past 25 years, Verna has given her best energy to working in a cube; now she's taking that experience and giving her best energy to her clients. Life finally makes a little more sense. http://vernawilder.typepad.com/out_of_the_cube/
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Tagged with keywords art, balance, change, creativity, energy, inspiration, Julia Cameron, life purpose, reading, self expression, selfexpression, success, The Artists Way, work, writing.
“The stringent requirement of a sustained creative life is the humility to start again, to begin anew.” ~ Julia Cameron
In the fall of 1992, I read a book that changed my life: The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron. I worked through the exercises, wrote morning pages every day, took myself on artist’s dates, and when […]
Posted on Nov 2nd 06 by Verna Wilder.
Verna's joy is helping people find and refine their writing voice, and she does that by coaching, editing, and leading writing workshops. She's a writer and a reader and a lover of good books, good music, good movies, good food. For the past 25 years, Verna has given her best energy to working in a cube; now she's taking that experience and giving her best energy to her clients. Life finally makes a little more sense. http://vernawilder.typepad.com/out_of_the_cube/
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