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31 Days Guest Post by Fiona Melrose: Poetry performed Alchemy on My Prose
One of the wonderful things about my 31 days of blogging on mental and creative resilience is how I have made the acquaintance of new and interesting people who are finding ways to enhance their own creativity and are trying new things. One of these people is Fiona Melrose. She told me how attending a…
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31 Days: Questions of Flow in Writing
Flow is a state of complete and energised immersion. It happens when we are wholeheartedly engaging in a task for it’s own sake. We can’t make it happen, although we can proceed with the activities that often promote this feeling, whether it’s playing music, hillwalking, doing a jigsaw. According to psychologists, the conditions of flow…
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Photo Write Prompt Comp Results
There were three entries this time for the comp. I’m not sure whether the photo or more elastic criteria made it harder to for people to come up with something in just a few days but I hope the photo was food for thought for others and that there may be stories or poems that…
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Originally posted on Alison Wells Author: Use the five fives to inspire you The overarching theme of this blog, as you know, is head space. In the context of my endeavours as a writer this in particular means the kind of head space that will engender creativity, that feeling of flow that connects you with…
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31 Days: Guest Post Derek Flynn – When is a poem not a poem
This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. We’re looking here in the 31 Days posts at different aspects of creativity. I wanted to hear from…
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31 Days: Thinking about others
Yesterday I talked about how important it is to stand up and say what you want to be and to ask for the support you need. However I’m not a fan of the ‘me’ and ‘because I’m worth it’ culture and while people might want to ‘fulfill themselves’ I have roundly been put off by…
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31 Days: Say what you want to be
This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. My dears, sometimes we feel fretful. For those whose drive to create is at the heart of them…
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31 Days: Sad Thinking and how to turn it round
This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. I’ve talked already about how we shouldn’t beat ourselves up when we don’t achieve what we set out…
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31 Days: Saying Thank You
This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will be creative challenges, competitions and giveaways. For the full background see here. Sunday is a day when many of us have, or should have more of an opportunity to pause.…
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