Being really sick makes you stop for a moment. Sure, it’s not the way I’d recommend getting your imagination working, but it did get me thinking as I lay there the last couple of days with flu. See, I had my phone off, I didn’t check email, and I wasn’t watching TV. I think sometimes it’s a good idea to just let your imagination have some time to itself – maybe give yourself an hour without phone/internet/TV/anything that distracts you. Lie around. Listen to music. Stare at the ceiling. Whatever. Just let yourself be and see what travels through your mind. Reacquaint yourself with your imagination. I had to get sick to remind myself to slow down and take time off. But, wow, did I get a great new idea for a book out of it…
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Quickstart ideas are up
I’m getting this website up and running as the days go by. I’m really enjoying putting together ideas for you to get you writing. Now there are 10 quickstart ideas to get you going – all ideas that I’ve tried and tested in one of the workshops I’ve taught. I started teaching another workshop last night, this one for adults, and they used one of the quickstart ideas (number 4) to get themselves writing. It’s great to sit in a room full of people putting pen to paper, getting their ideas on the page.
I’ve been slowed down reading The Hunchback Assignments because of getting the workshop ready for my students, but I’m itching to get back to it. Especially because when I finish it I get to interview the author, Arthur Slade. Very exciting.
Get going on one of the quickstart ideas if you feel like writing. And let me know how it goes!
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