Before you begin to write today, walk around. Pick up a few objects and set them back down again. As you do so, notice your hands. How do they know what to do? Watch how your fingers get ahold of something tiny, like a coin. When you pick up something a little bit heavy, notice how your hand grips it, each finger holding on the exact right place and the exact right … [Read more...] about Your Precious Hands
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Standing Up in Silence
How do you spell the word for that sound you make when you stand up after sitting too long in a chair? Would it be unnh? Or does it need a “g” in it, something more like aagh? Does it have an “r” sometimes? Arnh? Urrh? It doesn’t matter so much how you spell it, but it does matter that you say it. Or more accurately, since it’s not quite something you “say,” it matters … [Read more...] about Standing Up in Silence
Your Precious Hands
Your writing practice should never, ever make your hands hurt. Ever. Never. How can you write without getting the tired old aches they call “writers cramp?" Everybody is different, so you have to figure that out for yourself. The basic principle is simple: when it hurts, change something so that it doesn't. You can change the way you sit or how you hold the pen. You … [Read more...] about Your Precious Hands