Barbara Ann Yoder
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Quote of the Week
“If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it.”—Isadora Duncan
The Art of Getting Lost
Wander, observe, and discover your city with this guide to the art of getting lost.
The Writing Journey
In a recent post I compared the writing process to climbing a mountain. Now that I’ve just returned from the longest and the first international trip I’ve ever taken, I can compare the writing process to making a journey.
Quote of the Week
“I was terrified by this idea that I would lose the ability to enjoy and appreciate the sunset without having my camera on me, without tweeting it to my friends. It felt like technology should enable magic, not kill it.”—Shilo Shiv Suleman
Slowing Down Time
Want to create 3-D characters and scenes? Slow down time!
Channels of Experience
Developing your sense awareness can help you write more engaging descriptions, images, and characters. This meditation and writing exercise can help you explore and deepen your channels of experience.
Quote of the Week
I’m a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it.—Sherman Alexie
Tis the Season to Submit
If you’d like to have your work considered for publication in literary journals, now is a good time to send your pieces out. Here are some resources to help you get started.
Mandala Meditations
Using a mandala as a meditative practice can help you focus inwardly and center yourself more fully in your writing.
Quote of the Week
“We have always been the storytellers, we are the mothers after all, the ones who speak the cultural narrative.”—Ellen McLaughlin
Stretching the Sense of Sound
These two videos may change your ideas about the sense of sound. What can we really hear? Let’s go far out and far into two unusual soundscapes.
Present Sense Awareness
This exercise brings together meditation and writing suggestions designed to help you heighten your awareness of the things you see, smell, taste, hear, and feel.
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