Join us in welcoming indie writer Terri Giuliano Long as The Writer’s Life’s newest regular contributor. Terri will share her experience and expertise: “I’ll be writing about indie publishing, sharing stories, offering advice. If you have a question that I may be able to answer, let me know.”
Lauren experiences nudist performance for the first time and discusses what emerges when the layers are removed: “…not once did this feel like a shock-value tactic. Rather, their nudity felt more like an invitation to explore a new way of thinking about bodies and the ways that we navigate the world and create space using our bodies. The ways that we create space for ourselves in a world that isn’t quite ready for how full and rich our identities truly are.”
Traci reveals the impetus to her life journey of writing: “I needed to love something badly enough to change my life, and that thing was poetry.”
We’re looking at different types of abandonment for this week’s writing prompt.
Traci inspires you to invite the magic of the muse! “Magic we court, magic we covet, magic we desire to induce in ourselves. I think we write to produce inspiration, not because it seizes us. Or at least it most often seizes us when it’s invited.”
Today, Jyl thinks in metaphor and about emotional truth: “Emotional truth is hard to explain. Because it is not exactly the truth, it’s the memory of what happened and the feelings surrounding the memory. For a writer, emotional truth is more powerful than the reality… This is how to think as a writer. Tell your story and nobody else’s.”
Lauren shares her experience of poetry and puppetry after speaking with Amber West of “Alphabet Arts”: “More than anything, it’s comforting to see generosity injected back into art-making. Although West really understands how to craft engaging poems and produce and perform a puppet poem, she truly understands the importance of a dialogue and exchange between artists and audiences.”
Traci shares some of her writing practice and in the process reveals how the writer needs to find her own means into the work.
Welcome to this week’s featured writing prompt. Go into a kitchen that’s not your own and look around.
Traci offers advice on manuscript poem selections—lessons she’s learned through her own work and that of other poets.
Join Traci each week as she blogs about poetry and her daily writing life in the run up to her next title release, Our Lady of the Ruins. Listen to Traci's One World Café podcast here.
Lauren writes about her experience as a poet, performer and the creative life in the city. Listen to her One World Café Virtual Reading here.
With over fifty years of writing experience, Jyl posts about the writing process with occasional writing prompts to encourage your practice. Find out more about Jyl at jyllynnfelman.com.
Traci reveals the impetus to her life journey of writing: “I needed to love something badly enough to change my life, and that thing was poetry.”
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