6 Words: Memoir Challenge – Exercise 1 – Beat Writer’s Block

For many years, autumn has been the time of year that I do most of my writing, and during the month of October, I am hosting a Memoir Writing Challenge: Harvest Your Past.  I have decided to throw in an extra memoir-writing challenge before October, to help you prime your writing pump. Bottom Line: The…

How to Get Into a Writing Groove – Just Write! One Word at a Time

If you are having difficulty getting into a writing groove, you may be suffering from a couple of issues. The most common problem for most writers is procrastination. Much of the time, Procrastination is linked to Perfectionism. Perfectionism often manifests itself as Fear. A Perfectionist is Afraid of making mistakes. Remember This: THERE ARE NO…

The Book of Mistakes – Showing No Telling in a Picture Book

It started with what the artist believed to be a poorly drawn eye. And the mistakes grew–one by one– And the “…big space between the ground and the bottom of the girl’s shoe–was a little bit of a mistake, too,”   “But the roller skates? Those were definitely not a mistake.” In her precious picture…