Daily Nourishment for October 26, 2024: Calm the Stormy Seas with Guidance from Colette Eaton
Daily Nourishment Read Time: 45 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 15 minutes
Listen: When the silence turns up the volume on the words rolling through your mind, I find listening to music calms the stormy seas of my writing life.
Pause.
Take a moment and listen to this song on the Spotify playlist, Music for Writing.
Prompt.
What thoughts came to mind as you listened? Did a scene appear in your mind? A memory? What desires arose within you as you listened? Freewrite for at least 10 minutes.
Practice.
Pick a line or two from your free write above that inspired fuller exploration and begin writing a micro essay (300 words or less).
If a scene appeared, what characters were in it? If a memory, how did it make you feel? Is there a universal lesson to share as a memoir? Describe in more detail any desires that rose to the surface.
Want More?
Sometimes our turbulent souls need more to jar our souls awake. Listen to this famous tune sung in the most common of areas.
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