“Keep your hand moving” is the catchphrase of freewriting. The idea is to write with little regard for what you are writing and get yourself into a state where ideas flow freely from your mind to the page. For many years, probably inspired by Natalie Goldberg, I wrote at least seven pages every day like that. (I have the filing cabinets stuffed with notebooks to prove it!) … [Read more...] about One Page
Practice
What Practice Makes
If you do a daily mind-clearing activity, you have a practice. It could be a yoga practice, or meditation. A singing practice, a dance practice, a walking, drawing, or jump-rope practice. A daily practice. At my house, as the promise of spring shifts to the promise of summer, I make the shift into Lawn Chair Practice. The basic requirement of Lawn Chair Practice is is to … [Read more...] about What Practice Makes
A Writing Practice
When you have a writing practice, you decide that you are going to do some writing. For yourself. To see what good it might do you. This is not the same as “practicing” at writing with the idea of getting “better” at it. In your writing practice, you are already good enough. One part of having a writing practice is about commitment and discipline. The rest is about … [Read more...] about A Writing Practice