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Question of the Week

What would you do if you found out something from your past could change everything about who you are today?

Poetexts: Innervision

Innervision I am not who I am on the outside I am not who people see I am not who I see The mirror lies to me It lies to those who surround me The mirror hides my misery My sadness My discontentment and self-pity Why can I not be free from all that has... Read More

Quote of the Week

The funny thing is there are people who see others they want to be like not realizing that that person wants to be like them. When you are confident in who you are, the world takes notice. Write like only you can. Sing like your voice is the only one ears will hear. Direct the... Read More

The Write Spark #13: What story can you tell?

Today is the day and now is the time to challenge your writing. I often hear of writers who complain of being stuck or not knowing how to start writing. Well, here’s a challenge for you to get those words moving across the page. Let’s see what sparks for you. Who knows, you may very…Read more The Write Spark #13: What story can you tell?

Quote of the Week

“Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Write Spark #12: What story can you tell?

Today is the day and now is the time to challenge your writing. I often hear of writers who complain of being stuck or not knowing how to start writing. Well, here’s a challenge for you to get those words moving across the page. Let’s see what sparks for you. Who knows, you may very…Read more The Write Spark #12: What story can you tell?

Get Write To It: Write as though you are blind

There you are, laptop open or pen and paper in front of you. You have a story; you’re ready to write. As you start moving words across the page, you see a word that doesn’t fit with the rest of the sentence. Or maybe you have a typo–a misplaced word. Or maybe the whole sentence…Read more Get Write To It: Write as though you are blind

The Write Spark #11: What story can you tell?

Today is the day and now is the time to challenge your writing. I often hear of writers who complain of being stuck or not knowing how to start writing. Well, here’s a challenge for you to get those words moving across the page. Let’s see what sparks for you. Who knows, you may very…Read more The Write Spark #11: What story can you tell?

The Write Spark #10: What story can you tell?

Today is the day and now is the time to challenge your writing. I often hear of writers who complain of being stuck or not knowing how to start writing. Well, here’s a challenge for you to get those words moving across the page. Let’s see what sparks for you. Who knows, you may very…Read more The Write Spark #10: What story can you tell?

Soul Check 1, 2, 1,2: Run Your Race

A few years ago I completed my first—and only to date—half marathon. Weeks before I was to run, I’d suffered from foot pain that came to visit out of nowhere. I’d gone to a podiatrist who informed me that I should not run. After paying a hefty entrance fee, there was no way I was…Read more Soul Check 1, 2, 1,2: Run Your Race