Okay, day five, the final P of the pack, and I’ve saved the most important one for last. By now, if you weren’t aware before, you know what type of pen and paper you favor, the pleasure of writing with other people, and how writing in different places can add adventure to your writing time. Today, we’re going to talk…
Well, it’s the year 2013, and we have to write about resolutions, those firm decisions we make at the start of each New Year. Yesterday, I heard about a holiday called Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day, celebrated on January 17th, the most common date to give up commitments. The practice is common enough to have its own holiday. I thought…
As we prepare to close the door on 2012, Christmas, Hanukkah and holidays, what moment from this season will you remember? Is it a happy moment or a sad one? Describe this instance in detail? Who does it involve? Where were you? What happened? What about this moment makes it so memorable? Set your timer for ten minutes. Go. Photo…
We all have our favorite things. These items need not be expensive or valuable in worldly terms, but to us, they are priceless. We can’t imagine living without them. They may remind us of wonderful days gone by, provide comfort or make us feel beautiful. So today, let’s write about a favorite thing from your childhood, a doll you carried…
What do you think it would feel like to be ninety-two years old when one day someone hands you back your teenaged self? That’s exactly what happened for Florence Wolfson Howitt in July 2006 when a New York Times reporter reunited Florence with the five-year journal she received as a gift for her fourteenth birthday on August 11, 1929. For…
After you marvel at today’s date—12-12-12, the last time we’ll have a repeating date like this until January 1, 2101—let’s turn our writing attention to the holidays. We’re in the middle of Hanukkah right now, and Christmas is only thirteen days away, so what are you doing to prepare for the festivities? Do you have traditions you follow this time…
I’m sick today, fighting a bad cold or flu or something. I say my husband gave it to me; he says I took it from him. Regardless, I feel crummy, so we are going to write about being sick today, not the in-the-hospital kind of sick but the not feeling well that interrupts your normal day. What do you want…
A fast, easy way to write your life… Record your day’s events, thoughts, feelings, and such in this sturdy, hardback-bound journal. The top of each page displays the month and day and provides six ruled, quarter-inch lines for each of the five years. Use this versatile book as a diary, a gratitude journal, a place to record the first five…
Dan Ariely, Duke University, professor of behavioral economics and founder of the Center for Advanced Hindsight and author of the bestselling book, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, says, “The capacity to cheat a little bit and feel good about ourselves is really much more common than we think it is.” So today, let’s write about cheating. So how do you…
I’ve been thinking today about who we are when we write — and I don’t mean how we view ourselves as people, but who we are as storytellers — because when we write, we can do so from many different perspectives. Depending on what we’re writing about, we can be whomever we want to be. We can be the victim,…
