Monthly Archives: October 2008

The results from Joanna Young’s group writing project are in. I’m a little late posting this; the results came out and I was notified on October 24th. But, I still wanted to list it here. I like to post the results because it helps me to think that I’ve completed the circle.

There’s added incentive to put it here this time, not that I needed any. As always, there are great posts that were submitted. A grand surprise for me, though–I won second place! It was quite exciting to learn that my post garnered some recognition.

It’s been a delight exploring the posts that Joanna Young collected with this group writing project. They are really thought provoking and inspiring. I’ll bet you’ll find something you want to bookmark.

Visit the following sites to see the results:

• Confident Writing – Joanna introduced this project
• Absorbing Writing – You can get more information about the writing retreat as well as the results of the project.
• Group Writing Projects – Has the results of the test; as well as it’s a great resource for writing projects including the upcoming twittering project. I’m new to Twitter so I’m definitely intrigued.

Listening to a child tell a fanciful story is like listening to a daydream.

Do you ever think about thinking? About daydreaming? What does it do for you really?

We All have Choices

Either you need a topic, or you need a way to begin writing about the topic you’re given. You stare at the blank screen, and stare becuase the pressure is on to finish. So really starting is not where you want to be for long. You have to choose.

Daily we have to pick from a wealth of opportunities and ideas; divine moments is what Erwin Raphael McManus calls them. Kirk Byron Jones discusses how we have been imbued with free will for a reason; throughout our lives we have choices to make. It’s not a new idea that we get to choose, it’s newly gaining acceptance.

It’s not just the brilliant, the genius or the well studied and not just writers. We all have choices available to us. The question, then, is how do we choose.

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