Month: May 2019
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Day 13: #whyshewrites
Share your view. Usually my writing view is of a coffee cup or people bustling around in a cafe, but I thought I’d share this view that is on my desk at work because it makes me happy to see some spring life in the office. I look at it and daydream of another universe…
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Day 12: #whyshewrites
Who are your writing bffs? Tag them. For me, writing is a solo activity. Over the years I wrote on writing boards for feedback and sharing or joined meet up groups for writing circles. However, nothing really ever clicked for me. As a nomad in life, I struggle to find friends to hang out with…
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Day 11: #whyshewrites
What’s the first thing you remember writing ✍️? Aside from starting my journal 📔 at age eight, I first began writing stories through school assignments. My first memory of having an effective style was through some shared activity where we randomly shared our short pieces analyzing advertisements on TV 📺 and I wrote about the…
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Day 10: #whyshewrites
If you could be writing anywhere in the world, where would it be? Initially, I thought that it wasn’t about a place in the world as long as it was a café like I wrote in Day 3 and Day 4 of this #whyshewriteschallenge . However, after a bit more contemplation and digging deeper into…
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Day 9: #whyshewrites
Describe your writing routine At the moment, I would say I don’t have an actual routine for writing, but I am trying to work on that – thus this challenge. However, I do write ‘morning pages’ as soon as I wake up almost every morning. I keep my journal by my pillow so that I…
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Day 8: #whyshewrites
What is the first/worst job you ever had? My first ‘real-world’ job was also my worst job. 🤣 Growing up, my parents and I always had an agreement that I did not need an outside job as long as I kept up my grades and worked on the family blueberry farm during the summers. I…
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Day 7: #whyshewrites
Are you a plotter or a pantser? So… I had never heard the term ‘pantser’ before this prompt, 🤷🏽♀️ but a quick search clarified this for me. Along with the definition came the option of a ‘plantser’, which is a combination of the two and my answer. 👍🏽 Despite being a plotter in every other…
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Day 6: #whyshewrites
Share your writing genre I dare to say that if I have one, my genre is creative nonfiction. Most of my published works, whether creatively or professionally, would likely be considered nonfiction. Although a piece I’ve been working on for many years is fictional, it is loosely based on truth. However, all of my other…
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Day 5: #whyshewrites
Who is a woman writer who inspires you? My favorite authors are generally male. Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Patterson, Chaucer, Shakespeare, etc. are some of my favorites. However, along similar lines I have loved female writers like Bronte, Alcott, Austen, Tartt, Atwood, Morrison, Rand, and more. The female authors I prefer tend to be more contemporary or…
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Day 4: #whyshewrites
Today’s prompt: What’s your writing snack? Interesting question and not sure I have a writing food. However, a good cup of coffee is a must for my writing sessions. Something about the scent of coffee helps me focus my mind to write. Without it, I feel as if a writing session is incomplete. 😛 ~T…
