Becoming an independent writer. . .

As a continuation of my previous blog posting, I'd like to share some ideas

from writing consultant Renee Houser: 

"We can live wide-awake writerly lives and capture these moments in our writing notebooks by: 

•  Writing about things that matter to you, you feel strongly about or perhaps want others to change or think about. . . let your voice be heard!
• Searching for an object on your body or in your surroundings that may spark a memory
• Time-lining part of your day
• Observing people, places, sounds. . .
• Collecting words, phrases, or parts of texts
• Rereading old entries and find more to say
• Rereading old entries in a way that it sparks a new or different memory
• Sketching a place and then write about it
• Making a list of things you want to write about, pick one and start writing
• Being inspired by photographs or artifacts
• Making a list of questions or wonderings and then search for answers or other questions and thoughts
• Saying it better. . . reread an entry and find a line or phrase you think you wrote well and write it again, better, clearer . . . "

If beginner writers follow the guidelines above, they won't find themselves in the predicament Cat does in my book, Cat Can't Write.

                     Click here to read the book about Cat

Cat Can't Write from my Learn to Write series