by Suzanne Lieurance On Monday (July 22nd) we’re starting a 5-Day Short-Short Creative Writing Contest on our private Facebook group page, and I hope you’ll enter the contest every day, or at least one day, next week. Each weekday next week, I’ll have a new writing prompt, and to enter the contest, simply respond to…
by Suzanne Lieurance Maybe you’ve heard the term “trope” before but aren’t clear about what a trope is. So, what is a trope? Well, in fiction, a “trope” refers to a common theme, motif, or device that is recognizable and frequently used within a particular genre or across various genres. Tropes are established patterns or…
by Suzanne Lieurance This is the final post of my 7-day series about ways to tap into your subconscious. Sometimes tapping your subconscious mind is difficult and requires you learn new methods of self-awareness like those discussed in my previous 6 posts. Sometimes it is absurdly simple. As in, all you need to do is…
by Suzanne Lieurance This post is for Day 6 of my 7-day special series about ways to tap into the subconscious mind. The subconscious is extremely complex and often not very direct. This means that tapping into it—and the power it holds—often requires approaching it from the rear or side. One of the best ways…
by Suzanne Lieurance It may be hard to believe but midsummer is almost here, and with that in mind, here are this week’s creative writing prompts: Monday’s Prompt – The Enchanted Forest On the longest day of the year, a group of friends ventures into a legendary forest said to come alive with magic every…
by Melissa Abramovitz Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house… Twinkle twinkle, little star… Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep… Most of us can recite at least the first stanza of each of these well-known poems/rhymes, even if we have not heard or spoken the words for many years. There’s something…
by Suzanne Lieurance Today is Day 5 of my 7-day special series about how to tap into your subconscious mind. Each day for 7 days, I’m posting a different method for connecting with your subconscious, and in this post I’d like to explain one of my favorite ways to tap into my subconscious. I hope…
by Suzanne Lieurance Previous posts here have explained visualization as a technique to help you achieve your goals and dreams. Deliberate visualizations are often used for the purpose of motivating you and training your subconscious mind to believe you can reach your goals and help you do it. When you use visualizations that way, what…
by Suzanne Lieurance It’s so important for writers to be able to connect with their subconscious, so every day this week, I’ll have a post about one way to do so. Today’s method is called Free Association. Free association is a common technique used to access the innermost thoughts of your subconscious mind. These are…
by Suzanne Lieurance Did you know that meditation is one of the best, if not the best known, methods of tapping into your subconscious mind? It is primarily used for that purpose, in fact, and has been for thousands of years because it works so well. There are many forms of meditation. The most common,…
by Suzanne Lieurance You might think that your conscious mind is what is running your life. But actually, it’s your subconscious mind, and that’s why it’s important to learn how to tap into your subconscious mind so you can change any of the beliefs it has that are not serving you. One of the best…
by Suzanne Lieurance This week we’re moving farther into the second half of 2024. This is a great time for some personal reflection, so I have some nonfiction writing prompts to help you do that. But don’t worry. If you’re looking for prompts that help you start on some new fiction, I have 7 prompts…
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