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barbara newman's avatar

I saw, tasted, heard and felt all of it… beautiful. Thank you for reminding me how important that 5 minute pre-writing ritual is. Observation IS writing. It puts us in touch with our senses, doesn’t it. 💕

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Trish McDonald's avatar

Thanks for your read Coco and how observation is writing. I continue to hope we can meet IRL one day. Much love

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Trish McDonald's avatar

Thanks for your read Coco and how observation is writing. I continue to hope we can meet IRL one day. Much love

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Jan M. Flynn's avatar

I don't draft essays, stories, or novels in cursive -- except for rewriting and character sketches, stuff nobody but me is ever in any danger of seeing but is important to my process. I journal in cursive -- and I was doing just that one day on an airplane that was still boarding and a young man walked past me on his way to his seat and said, "Wow, that's so beautiful. I wish I could do that."

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Trish McDonald's avatar

Love your cursive story Jan. How interesting you use cursive for character sketches--is that because they are literally sketches or written words or a combination? I love digging into our creative processes. Thanks for reading.

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Jan M. Flynn's avatar

Written words -- sort of like journaling; just a way of telling myself that character's background story, habits, preferences, stuff readers don't really want or need to know but that helps me see where that character is coming from

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Maureen C. Berry's avatar

This zinger stole my breath! We never spoke of those times his beautiful hands so quickly transformed from loops to whacks.

I like that you included the brain science connection to writing with a pen and the origin of your love for it. I don’t handwrite as much as I used to, but maybe that's because I include penwork in my art, which gives me that tactile connection and feeling you write about. Good morning, Trish.

Mxo

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Trish McDonald's avatar

Thanks Maureen, yes I’m sure your artistic pen meets all the brain science connections, happy to steal your breath 🥰

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