by Lisa-Jo | Oct 10, 2012 | 31 days to write your story
It’s true what your high school English teacher told you – “show it, don’t tell it.” She wanted you to finger paint the details of the story, rather than just telling us exactly how everyone looked or felt. She wanted you to craft images...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 9, 2012 | 31 days to write your story
My friend, Lisa Leonard {on the left}, has one of the most powerful stories I’ve heard. What makes it so remarkable is that we can all relate to it. Even if the circumstances are so different than our own. The heart is the same. The mama worry is the same. The...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 8, 2012 | 31 days to write your story
I can’t cook. I can’t paint. I can’t sculpt. I can barely decorate my house. But when I write I feel a sense of purpose that keeps me up later than my contact lenses can usually stand. My mom was 42 when she died. She was always going to write a book. And today I...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 7, 2012 | 31 days to write your story
The Word Became Flesh In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 6, 2012 | 31 days to write your story
{Go ahead, click to tweet the quote and spread the encouragement to writers everywhere!} :: I’m spending 31 days writing about how to write your story. It’s part of the 31 Days Challenge hosted by the Nester. And if you want to be sure not to miss any of...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 5, 2012 | 31 days to write your story, Five Minute Friday
During the month of October I’m spending 31 days writing about writing. Seems appropriate that every Friday we pause and do a kind of mad, flash mob celebration of the written word, eh? Come join a weekly flash mob of writers at #FiveMinuteFriday...
