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At Least Four Letters

January 25, 2021 By Nancy Casey

Write whatever you like. Perhaps a story from your life, or one from your imagination. Or simply describe the world around you. As you are writing, skip all the words that are less than 4 letters long. No need to skip them in your thinking, just don't write them down. Pause partway down the page to give your mind a rest. Read over what you have written. Scribble out any … [Read more...] about At Least Four Letters

For Example

October 21, 2019 By Nancy Casey

Before you start writing, set up your page. Draw a line where the title will go and mark off some space for illustration. Then collect a half-dozen or so good words. A word is a good one when it jumps out at you for some reason. Maybe you think the spelling is odd. Maybe it reminds you of something. Maybe it's a word you don't know how to pronounce. Maybe it names something … [Read more...] about For Example

Your Ground

October 14, 2019 By Nancy Casey

Before you begin to write, allow your mind to wander over the many different ways the word ground can pop up in everyday conversation. The word ground appears in many expressions. One can break, give, or stand ground. Things can be ground in, ground out, or run into the ground. There are groundswells, ground rules, and shifting grounds. Let your mind relax and repeat the … [Read more...] about Your Ground

Talk on the Wild Side

April 26, 2019 By Nancy Casey

Some linguists study the histories of words and the histories of languages. Others ask how children learn first or second languages and wonder why that learning seems so different for adults. Some ponder the language capabilities of non-humans. Some study language as it relates to gestures or brain activity, while others ask where language comes from in the first place. Lane … [Read more...] about Talk on the Wild Side

One Syllable

April 7, 2019 By Nancy Casey

Write a page using only one-syllable words. (Each word will land with a thump!) You can invent a story or describe an event. Or you might prefer to begin with your immediate surroundings and see where your imagination takes you.  You could just write a series of unrelated sentences. The important thing is to use only one-syllable words.  No exceptions. When you do this … [Read more...] about One Syllable

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Nancy blogs weekly for the Latah Recovery Community Center, sharing writing ideas that support self-awareness and self-esteem.


 

Writing classes and workshops

I had been looking forward to the 2020 summer season of in-person  Write-For-You workshops at the Latah Recovery Community Center.  Alas.

 

Congratulations to last summer’s students who earned certificates in Fiction Writing, Project Management and Grant Writing.

 

Applause and thanks to those who dropped by the classes just for fun.

 

If you are in recovery and interesting in writing coaching, contact Nancy.


 

Let’s Talk About It

A program that supports reading and discussion in libraries throughout the state of Idaho. Free and open to all. Somehow? Again? At a later date?

 

We are all looking forward to the time when it will be possible to resume these lively book discussions.

 

I’ve served as a scholar for this program for I-don’t-know-how-many years. I have found every book, every library, every group of people to be interesting and stimulating. Every discussion brings new ideas and surprises.

 

I’m confident that this program will evolve so that it can continue to bring Idahoans together through books. We just don’t know how or when that will happen.  Yet.

 

 


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