Scarlet, Rose Madder, Garnet: writing tip for the week of January 20

You’ll need specialized equipment for this game: a notebook and pen or pencil. Leave your computer and go out into the world for at least twenty minutes. Pay attention to every shade of red that you see. Once you have finished your exploration, write down each red that you can remember. When you’re finished, close your eyes. Run your finger down the page and stop. Use whatever color you have touched to begin twenty minutes of free-writing. Remember that when you free-write, you keep the pen/pencil moving steadily no matter where the writing goes – thanks to Julia Cameron for the wisdom of The Artist’s Way.

My free-writing can look like this: Garnet ribbon of light above the western mountains. Wait, I used that image before. Stop thinking, Mary. Stop censoring yourself. Okay. I’m hungry. I want to play computer Scrabble. Okay. Garnet ribbon of light about the western mountains. Jake remembered how She always saw poetry in everything. She was still “She”, as though She were the only woman in the world. 

I’d love to hear what emerges for you. Write me here at Breakthroughwriting.  ms

 

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