By Sarah Lynne Reul Last year, I found that the #the100dayproject really helped me get in daily drawing practice (see the post about it here!), so
Category: Inspiration
Riding the Writing Roller Coaster
The roller coaster metaphor has been used many times to describe one’s journey through life. Today I’m using it to describe the writer’s journey; more
Top 3 Things I Learned at the NESCBWI Conference
1. Get started! Incredible author/illustrator, Melissa Sweet said: “We don’t have to know what we’re going to make, we just have to get started.”
Thoughts for Writers from a 24 Hour Play Festival
Last month, I participated in a 24 Hour Play Festival as a playwright. Essentially, I was locked in a theatre with a group of writers
TEACHING AND WRITING
Teaching was my first passion. Even before I went to school, I played teacher with all who would study under me. And then I became
Commitment: Upstream by Mary Oliver
In her book Upstream the Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver says of creative commitment, “There is a notion that creative people are absent-minded, reckless,
