by christawojo@gmail.com | May 25, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
We wake up expecting just another ordinary day. Most of the time, that is what we get. How many days do we live and how many days do we singularly remember? Why does our brain choose to remember some days and not others? I’ve chronicled my life in journals from the...
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 24, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
I think one of the worst things for writing is thinking too much. Our thinking brain is great for clean up, but it will put up a block whenever we do something out of the norm, unexpected, or that breaks the rules. Thinking brain will say, no, you can’t do that. Don’t...
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 23, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
Do you ever feel like you have nothing to write about and wonder how you’re going to fill the blank space? Then you sit down and begin, the words don’t stop flowing? We often have stories percolating in our mind without even being aware of them. They might seem like...
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 22, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
For a long time, I was spiritually dead. If I couldn’t see it, taste it, touch it, or explain it, it wasn’t real. The only place I felt something holy was when I was writing. Something mysterious happens during the creative process. Many artists feel more like...
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 21, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
I took a few days off from this blog and from working on my WIP to reflect on the past and recover enough strength to continue. It’s funny because I wondered what I would write for this quote about loss and I realize I’ve been swimming in it. I’m working...
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 18, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea So, as we discussed in a previous post, we don’t want to try too hard with our prose. If we get too carried away we’re in danger of going into the purple zone. Purple prose is writing that is overly...
