by Kathryn | 28 May 2023 | Daily Prompts
Jump straight to today's prompt here. In the Book of Genesis, the world was made by a dynamic divine force and then on the seventh day, after admiring the creative handiwork, the divine being rested. Today is the seventh day. I hope that you are starting to wake up...
by Kathryn | 27 May 2023 | Daily Prompts
Jump straight to today's prompt here. Good morning! Are you starting to feel settled in your daily practice yet? It’s okay if the answer is no – sometimes being uncomfortable is part of the process. Sometimes the voices are making too much noise, or not enough. No one...
by Kathryn | 26 May 2023 | Daily Prompts
Jump straight to today's prompt here. Years ago I was driving between Glasgow and Edinburgh one evening. I’d only lived in Glasgow for a short time, wasn’t yet familiar with the perils of black ice – that thin ice on tarmac that makes a road perilous. As I took a...
by Kathryn | 25 May 2023 | Daily Prompts
Jump straight to today's prompt here. “This is what it’s like to write a novel: I come up with a shred of an idea. It can be a character, a place, a moral quandary. … when I’m putting it together, I leave all the doors and windows open so the characters can come in...
by Kathryn | 24 May 2023 | Daily Prompts
Jump straight to today's prompt here. Reflecting on her writing process, novelist Nicola Barker in The Guardian, spoke about her love for journals: “Each novel has its own specially designed and decorated notebook. These are sacred objects to me. They will be full of...
by Kathryn | 23 May 2023 | Daily Prompts
Jump straight to today's prompt here. When I was a student in the UK, I had a student friend, an aspiring writer, who liked to start writing conversations with phrases like, “I mean, it’s a nightmare!” or “Who would be a writer?” I always replied: Me. I would. I...
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