I was recently sent a great writing journal (365 Things to Write About!
A writer, whether he/she is a blogger, novelist, short story writer, poet, freelance writer, children’s author, greeting card writer, screenplay writer, or song writer, is only as good as their imagination. That’s where a great writing journal can come into play. The journal serves as a prompt for the writer to broaden and express their creativity on each page.
Book Description
Unleash your vivid imagination across the pages of this eclectic, creative writing journal! How do you envision Shangri-La? A couch potato? The color red? Explore a multitude of writing styles (analytical, prose, poetry, songs, screenplays, etc.) to describe everyday objects and places, exotic locales, abstract concepts, imaginary creatures, and more.
365 Things to Write About is the perfect writing tool for people of all ages and skills, who seek a fun and inspiring way to explore their creative minds!
Here’s the premise: There are 365 words or phrases throughout the journal. Your assignment, if you choose to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music), is to write a short story, journal entry, or even a poem using that word or phrase. The choices for the words and phrases are quite creative themselves! Here’s an extra challenge I’ve been doing: When you’ve completed two adjacent pages, come up with a short story, poem, or entry using BOTH of the words. My favorite one involved the two words MEADOW and MEDUSA. It became the stuff horror stories are made of.
If, like me, you are a web publisher or blogger, you’ve probably ran face first into the dilemma of not knowing what to write about. My advice for this dilemma has always been summed up in one word: Write! The MORE you write, the more freely the words and ideas flow. Because I write so much every day, I am able, literally, to sit down at any given time and crank out several hundred words on any given topic. I write… therefore I write. Writing journals are excellent resources for training your creative mind and flexing your writing muscles.
The 365 Things to Write About!
. It’s free, and easy, to sign up with these programs. They’ll show you step by step what to do along the way.
half the day working online, I resented the new kid in town. I didn’t want to have to start designing, coding, and manipulating the way my websites and blogs looked to compensate a fox, however cute he (she?) was. And to be honest, in its early days, Firefox didn’t read stylesheets very well and things were pretty screwy looking in the Firefox Browser. The fox has come a long way in a short time, though. Frankly, when it comes to blogging, I only use the Firefox browser now. There are a lot of aspects that just work better, faster, and easier in Firefox. One of my favorites is the spell check function. I’m a good speller and I pride myself on that. However, as I said, I spend a lot of time writing and typing, so mistypes will happen. When I’m typing my posts in the Firefox browser and make a mistake, the fox nudges my hand as though to say, “Are we spelling it that way today?” Then I can slow down enough to realize that, actually, I’d rather go ahead and hit the e instead of the r or add an extra l. It’s a lot easier than reading and re-reading, or (I hate this one!) finding it days later and wondering if your readers thought you were a total idiot! Note: Firefox doesn’t appreciate contractions, and will nudge you (by underlining the word in red) when you use one. You can work around this by left clicking the contraction when you use it and clicking Add to Dictionary. You can do the same with words it hasn’t learned yet like yabba dabba do and fugly. For someone like me who makes up words to suit what they’re trying to say, this is functionlicious.
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favorites – and if you’re feeling really fiesty, order a grande with one Wild Sweet Orange bag and one Passion bag. Heavenly and no calories. Also, fall in love with their coffee, black and beautiful. They even have a few new drinks that are kinder to the waistline, Apple Chai – which I’d walk three miles barefoot for – and London Fog (ditto with the miles and barefeet). As for lattes, fraps, and the other sexy but fattening drinks, experiment with skim milk. Ask the barista to make them as figure friendly as possible. You’ll get used to the difference, it really isn’t that noticeable – the way your jeans fit will be much more noticeable!
me, I don’t want anyone trying to jump in front of them. I recently had that very thing happen. An e-mail from a young woman got, somehow, shuffled in the midst of news alerts and newsletters. I was 3 days late in finding it and responding to her. THANK GOD, it wasn’t anything pressing (she actually wanted my recipe for a Cocount Cake I’d mentioned). I apologized profusely for not replying right away and she said that I answered her faster than most people did. (I guess letting your e-mail get out of control’s a popular problem). At any rate, it was a lesson I learned right away. I check my e-mail more often now and have cut way back on the the newsletters. The ones that remain know they’re incredibly special!
watching the birds in the front yard (out of our dining room and kitchen windows) and he knew how cool it’d be for me to sit at the table, writing while watching the cardinals, doves, bluebirds, robins, etc enjoying the food I leave out for them. Well, guess where I’m writing from now – all while keeping my eyes on about 12 cardinals enjoying breadcrumbs in the snow. Alexa (our youngest cat) is beside me, also keeping her eyes on them. I love the laptop so much I can’t imagine NOT having it. For anyone who is nearsighted, even slightly, they’ll appreciate how close you are to the screen of a laptop. And for busybodies like myself, you’ll love the fact that they’re always in the mood to pick up and go at a moment’s notice.
