Grab Yourself Some Writing Space this Christmas
Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by joanna in News, Writing
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…
The perfect time to grab yourself a little bit of writing space…
Even if it sounds like a far-off dream in these last frenzied days before Christmas, here are some ways you could squeeze out or maybe just plain grab yourself a little must-have writing space over the holidays:
1. Go for a walk. Even 15 minutes will do. Walk, wander, wonder, notice, pay attention… breathe. Trust that a word, a phrase, the beginnings of an idea will follow.
2. Carry a notebook wherever you go. You can always jot down writing ideas when you’re supposed to be doing other things.
3. Write down your writing goals, dreams, hopes and wild ideas for 2010. Then you can play with them in your mind and work on ways to start to make them happen instead of getting stressed with other things.
4. Think like a writer. Watch out for dialogue, incidents, events from the sublime to the ridiculous that you can absorb into your writing later.
5. Capture the moments. Writing it down helps to give you space and perspective. Take ten minutes to capture some of what’s going on round about you:
The points of detail.
The emotions you’re feeling inside, not just the good ones but the awkward, the sad and the ugly.
The things you want to remember, to capture, to turn into treasure with the power of your words.
The quality of the moment – this moment, right now, when not a creature was stirring… not even a mouse 
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I hope you do manage to grab yourself a bit of wonderful writing space this Christmas. It does help!
Thanks for all your support in getting the Writing Space up and running. I hope to see you at a Writing Space event or writing retreat sometime in 2010 