by Laurie Wagner | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog
If you’re like a lot of people, you mean to create a writing practice, but when you make time to sit down and write, you’re not always sure where to begin. You might even have a story idea – something that happened to you that you want to write about – but...
by Laurie Wagner | Jul 8, 2012 | Blog
This post was inspired by watching a number of my students sink after what they considered a less-than-stellar session of writing. It is dedicated to them and to anyone who makes things: art, stories, pie. It is a note to the part of ourselves that gets frustrated...
by Laurie Wagner | Jun 13, 2012 | Blog
1. Let’s start with the easiest one – Ask yourself what you’re afraid to write about. Bingo. Write this for yourself – you don’t have to share it with other people unless you want to. 2. Trust the words that come out of you. Don’t make them “better.” If you hear the...
by Laurie Wagner | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog
“What would people look like if we could see them as they are, soaked in honey, stung and swollen, reckless, pinned against time?” – Poet, Ellen Bass, from the poem “If you knew.” I’ve been looking at people like that lately, especially when I’m peeved at them...
by Laurie Wagner | Jun 4, 2012 | Blog
“You sound just like YOU!” gushed Jen as she walked into my house last weekend for our altered books workshop. I’d never met Jen in person before, but she’d recently been in my eCourse, Telling True Stories, and knew my voice from the weekly writing lessons that I...
by Laurie Wagner | May 1, 2012 | Blog
In the spirit of author Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s work, 16 inspiring and creative bloggers (including me!) set out to “Plant a Kiss” in the world on Sunday, April 29. We each did something we thought would spread a little extra joy, color, connection,...
