Happy Friday, writers! This week, I’ve been going through my journals trying to pick up some of the pieces of old writing. I have random, (surely) excellent lines scribbled all over some of its pages, and I wanted to pick one for today’s freewrite. There is such value in scribbling down the odd perfect line as it… Continue reading Freewrite Friday: Pieces/Parts
I’ve hit a wall. The images are repetitive. The metaphors are hackneyed. The words dismiss my every effort to juxtapose them into their proper places. I’ve hit a wall. I can’t make my characters move. They refuse to talk. They don’t even want to tell me what’s around them. I’ve hit a wall. My writing… Continue reading Freewrite Friday: Using Word Sprints to Fuel Your Writing
It can be easy to read someone else’s writing, be it a book, essay, or poem, and be blown away by their talent. It can be even easier to read that and think, Wow, I’ll never be that at ease with words. Why bother? Lest you think that sitting and spewing forth words is easy,… Continue reading Writing is Work
What happens when all your dreams come true? What happens when everything you have been working so hard for, everything you have sacrificed for, finally happens? Was it everything you hoped it would be? Are you happy now? Where do you go from here? These are some of the questions I hope you think about… Continue reading Freewrite Friday: The American Dream
To wrap up wedding week, I was thinking about all the ways that love presents itself to us over time. This isn’t quite a poem and it’s nowhere near a finished piece (more like a piece of a piece), but sometimes a freewrite is just a freewrite and it takes whatever form it wants until… Continue reading Freewrite Friday- Witnessing Love
It’s a problem that many of us hardcore book nerds have to face, and there is a surprisingly lack of literature on the issue. Today, I tackle the problem of how to cope when you’ve married or are dating a non-reader. It might be because I’m younger or because they love getting me off topic, but… Continue reading What Do You Do When Your Significant Other Doesn’t Read?
Happy Friday, freewriters! We made it through a fantastic week of geek, so why not top it off with an exercise in tribute to our favorite fandom stories. I’m talking about heroes, of course. Every good series has a solid hero or set of heroes who undertake impossible-seeming tasks. Amy did a lot of research for… Continue reading Freewrite Friday: I Need a Hero
Happy Friday! It’s getting towards the end of the school year, and I feel like my entire life is nothing but papers upon papers. In honor of Spring Cleaning week, we thought it would be a good idea to attempt to find meaning in all of the messes in our lives. So this week our… Continue reading Freewrite Friday: Finding Meaning in the Mess
Having a hard time keeping a writing schedule? Unable to find the time among all the million of other obligations in your life? Just trying to find some balance? Welcome to another day of Spring Cleaning Week here at Lit & Love. Today I’m going to share with you a method of organization that has… Continue reading Not Just for Kids: Star Stickers and Writing Well
Welcome to Spring Cleaning week! In an effort to clear out the cobwebs in my brain, I always try for a fresh start to journaling in the spring and early summer. Last year, I learned the most amazing trick from Amy that also makes me feel extra creative when I’m writing. Meta-journaling is a way… Continue reading Spring Cleaning- Meta-Journal Those Thoughts!
Lit & Love 