inspiration

  • Wednesday Works: Two Years and One Day

    When I think about where I was two years ago (and one day), I think about how different my life was. I think about how I was on a completely different path, one where I put another’s needs before my own. I think about where I would be now if I had stayed on that…

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  • Wednesday Works: The End

    Wednesday Works: The End

    Write a poem called “The End” it cannot be about death, a break up, or the apocalypse. When she pens the words “The End”, It’s like saying goodbye to an old friend. One that’s lived with her in her head, Taken space in her home and bed. When she writes the words “The End”, It’s…

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  • Yes, you are reading that correctly. Just three sentences. Life is busy for most writers. We have day jobs, kids, pets, outside life to deal with once we leave the page. Several things interrupt us from our stories and as more days pass it becomes more difficult to get back into the story. We also…

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  • #8: All Gone

    Just when you think everything is all gone, Carry on. Just when you think there is nothing left, Carry on. When you feel like giving up and things are hard, Carry on. Nothing is ever really all gone. Hold on to that small blip of courage and CARRY ON!

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  • Lady Volcano 

    I feel I am molten, Lava bubbling and shifting just beneath my skin, Waiting to erupt forth in a brilliant spectacle of despair, And rebirth.  My muscles can’t stay stagnant, My blood courses with new vigor, My body ready to awaken,  And create something beautiful. 

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  • I’m sure my dad’s life would have been a lot easier if I had been born a boy. Now don’t go mistaking this for pity or low self worth, it really would have been easier. Instead of artsy hobbies like writing and knitting, I could have been a boy and been into football and wrestling.…

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  • The Writing Space

    Writing can be done anywhere. On a plane, train or automobile, in your room, or outside. The places are endless as long as you have the supplies you need. Writing is easy, if you have the right surroundings.

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  • Being a writer means writing, but sometimes writing doesn’t come as easy as we might like. Sometimes the ideas don’t come flowing as a raging waterfall splashing the exact words we want on the page. Sometimes they show up when we have no way of remembering. Sometimes the ideas keep us up at night, or…

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