by simon | Jun 5, 2024 | Writing Grove
Mindful writing is meditation with focus and can usually be experienced through factual observation,e.g. taste, touch, sound, smell and sight. I wrote this journal extract in a local cafe, first in the past tense and then in the present tense: The café is practically...
by simon | May 29, 2024 | Writing Grove
There are three posts on learned helplessness in this blog you might read. In conjunction with these, you might explore, through journaling, your thoughts and feelings on how to move past this challenging state using these prompts: What messages have you received that...
by simon | Sep 8, 2023 | Writing Grove
The self-help industry is a billion-dollar market for nonfiction authors. It offers vast opportunities for creating information products, including inspirational and motivational articles for blogs, online and offline magazines, email newsletters, social media,...
by simon | Sep 1, 2023 | Writing Grove
POINT OF VIEW (POV) The POV is the character from whose perspective the story is told. First-person observer: The narrator is often the observer in a story and uses the first-person perspective of ‘I. The observer presents the story’s events and the actions of...
by simon | Mar 18, 2023 | Writing Grove
Here are my six tips for how you can start journaling: 1 Why do you have the urge to write? Write about the urge. It might be something specific such as an event playing on your mind – write about it. Or it might just be an urge to write – in which...
by simon | Mar 11, 2023 | Writing Grove
So much has been researched about the benefits of journaling. Ones that particularly resonate with me include: Evoking mindfulness: I’m not the most mindful of women. However, I have found journaling a valuable way to focus on the now of writing, even when my mind...
