If you find yourself in the shower “Singing in the Pain,” then you have discovered one way of using words to express your wounds. However, if your words are from other people’s songs, then you haven’t yet transformed your wounds into your own words. In order to do this, you must first describe your wounds. […]
Transforming Wounds into Words of Encouragement
“Transform Your Wounds into Words” Word-Art Freebie In his post “A Question of Heart,” Terry said: “Transform your wounds into words. Write for the world.” I think I’m doing that. I felt called to start blogging a little over a year ago at Bits of Positivity. Figure-Skating Wounds Although I also blog through Living Montessori Now […]
The Calling to Write
In his sub-chapter “Refusal of the Call (The Reluctant Hero) Christopher Vogler writes: “This one is about fear. Often at this point the hero balks at the threshold of adventure, Refusing the Call or expressing reluctance. After all, she is facing the greatest of all fears, terror of the unknown. The hero has not yet […]
Your True Voices
“Absolute vulnerability means opening yourself up. Perhaps a better way of phrasing it is letting things go. You let your masks go. Your suits of armor. Your persona of who you think you ought to be, or who you think others believe you to be” (The Writing Warrior: Discovering the Courage to Free Your True […]