Tag: writing

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Mindfulness and Writing: There is a Connection

There are many benefits to applying mindfulness for writing and some strategies you can practice right now.

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Using Emotional Intelligence to Enhance Your Writing

Success as a writer depends not only on your ability to, well, write, but also on your ability to use emotional intelligence.

Feel all the things

In Consideration of Writing & Mental Health

I’ve found over the years that writing about difficult experiences or traumatic events in my life can provide a sense of catharsis.

What Could Be Better Than a Book About Weather?

I ask what could be better than a book about weather, but I know the answer–to me, anyway: nothing.

WTF is a Genogram?

In the simplest terms, a genogram is a modern family tree, but it can be so much more than that, and I have found it especially useful as a writer.

Making the Switch to Scrivener

I finally pulled the trigger and made the switch from my collection of Microsoft products to Scrivener. This is why.

On Precipitation & Emotion

There are many forms of precipitation–from snow to rain to ice crystals and more–and therefore many ways a writer can use it for emotion.

Alien Weather

Alien weather is something I think about quite frequently, not only because it plays into my own writing, but because it’s just neat.

Lightning

On Thunderstorms & Emotion

The way nature uses thunderstorms to restore balance to an unstable atmosphere is akin to the way a plot is intended to resolve a conflict.

Avoiding Series Burnout

This post on avoiding series burnout is meant to be both something for other writers to consider and personally therapeutic.