Wisdom, Wellbeing and Writing for Conscious Creatives
“As we go about our ordinary day it’s easy to overlook how vulnerable we all are to change. In some ways I think our society is built around the notion that if we accumulate enough, or get that one, special experience, relationship or object, it will serve as a totem against change. It’s a powerful […]
As I gazed into the flickering flame of a candle in the quiet hours of this morning, taken by its exquisite simplicity, I felt a shift. Something palpable and altered, finding myself free, liberated in spirit because of a simple moment with the moment. I came to think about this and the hidden beauty and poetry in all the […]
The microphone screeched for the third time then the lights went out completely. In a confusing combination of elation and fear, Brighton’s famous theatre was plunged backwards through time, pausing only after reaching the Chinese year of the Water Snake, way back in 1893. The auditorium was dark, it’s guests barely visible behind the stage […]
autumn colours
my every emotion
returns to you
~ CX Turner, @lover__poetic ~ Building Sandcastles ~ out now! // #Artwork: ‘Tangled Colors’ acrylic #paining by Tatiana Iliina, @Tatianapaints / http://tatiana-iliina-paintings.com #vs365 #haiku
“Whether found in the #character, the story world, or readers’ perspective or experience, the sense of change creates the sense of a #story… A reader’s desire to get answers can create another form of tension and conflict.” @JamiGold #writingtips
No Story Conflict? Explore Your Options - WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®
Writing a naturally low-conflict novel? Writing coach Jami Gold looks at creating a winning story via alternative narrative story structure.
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“I saw a girl standing on it, completely submerged in the pool of autumn twilight. She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.” ~ J.D. Salinger, A Girl I Knew #amreading #literaryfiction
autumn sunset —
shadows disappear
into themselves
~ @pauldavidmena // #Photography: ‘Autumn in #Brighton’ by @photosbydavid1 / http://photosbydavid.org #haiku #sixwords
“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.” ~ #JoyceCarolOates #amreading
“Your initial goal for editing may be a clean, polished manuscript that’s ready for publication, but the real value lies in the substantial leaps you can make in honing your craft.” How to handle #editing and feedback on your novel @LisaPoisso #writinglife
How to handle editing and feedback on your novel - Lisa Poisso
Make the most of a professional edit with a mindset and process that exploit feedback and criticism to take your novel to the next level.
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ancient starlight
only arriving
today
~ Building Sandcastles: A Book of Short Poems by C.X. Turner and James Welsh (@lover__poetic, @JamesWelsh35): https://a.co/d164bSC #vss365
#Photography: ‘Cadini di Misurina’ by Stefano Pellegrini #haiku
“Writing reminds me of who I really am. It gives voice to the whisper inside me in a loud world.” ~ Becky Hastings #amwriting #infj #writingcommunity
tide line ..
every step taken
taken back
~ Michele Root-Bernstein / #haiku originally published in @frogpondjournal // #Photography: ‘Moonset’ © by Stephen Penland, http://stephenpenland.com #ocean #vss365
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