Daily Nourishment for February 11, 2024: “We Don’t Have to Make It More Complicated Than It Is”
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 35 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 10-15 minutes
Humans have been creating, writing, and making art for a really long time.
Pause.
Take six deep breaths with a six-count inhale and a six-count exhale.
Prompt.
Make a list of all of the reasons you don’t write as often as you’d like.
Then make a list of things you think you need to have or do be before you can do the writing you want to do.
If you want to write, pick up a pen and start writing. If you want to become a better writer, write more words and read more books.
If you want some help along the way, get some help.
But please ignore the voices that say you're incapable of writing until you do X or buy Y or follow Z.
You have everything you need right now. Promise. We don’t have to make this more complicated than it is.
Practice.
What do you need to cross of the lists you made? Can you grab a pen and paper and write a sentence, a phrase, a word?
Want More?
I’m just going to say it again: If you want to write, write.
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Upcoming Workshops & Gatherings
February: February Co-Writing schedule and registration options are ready.
February: Online Thoughtful Readers Gatherings with Maggie Smith(2/12), Crystal Wilkinson(2/18), and Erik Fuhrer(2/25)
February-March: Online Narrative Writing with Tanya Davis: Friday Cohort, Four Sessions
February 24: Online Revision Stations Designed by Lauren F. Winner
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