Writer friends are important.
The act of writing is rather solitary, which is why writer friends are essential. It’s one of the endearing things about Sharing Our Stories and the abbreviation — SOS. The distress signal, SOS, is not an abbreviation. I wrote about it here, when I was first dreaming about #SOSmagic…
For a long time I thought the magic of story came from stacking words. Recently, I realized the magic of story happens when a story is released into the world and it wraps around someone’s heart. The magic pulses when that someone lets the writer know the story mattered.
Reach out to someone who you know wants to write and invite them to join us. Help them set up a blog…or dust off an old one. Reach out to someone from our #SOSmagic community and nudge them to write. Even if you haven’t written for awhile, it’s still okay to reach out to a writer friend.
Writer friends are important.
write
Open your blog and write a post. Just write.
share
Reply to this post, jot a note and paste your URL.
comment
Pop around and visit some other blogs. Leave a comment about the ideas or the craft…encourage and soak up the magic that will find you.
grab an image for your blog
Use one of these images so we can find each other…and you can invite others to share their stories with us!
Offer an invitation to others.
I’m joining an open community of writers over at Sharing Our Stories: Magic in a Blog. If you write (or want to write) just for the magic of it, consider this your invitation to join us. #sosmagic
SOS 
Learning from Living in Small Quarters – https://teachersbooksreaders.com/2020/09/16/learning-from-living-in-small-quarters/
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I loved your small space and your wonderings
I wonder the same things too. Also. Later in the year I was going to have the kids design a small home. I would love to use your experiences as a guide.
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You can see what I saw this week: https://lcinmo.wordpress.com/2020/09/17/a-gift-of-time/
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It has been a long time…and I am glad I responded to Ruth’s call today. It felt good to get some chosen words down.
http://adayinthelifeof19b.blogspot.com/2020/09/i-have-forgotten.html
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Leigh Anne, your post was amazing. Your words touched my heart.
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WE NEED MORE ANNIES IN THIS WORLD. WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED! THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND THANK ANNIE!
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Bittersweet and heart felt. Loved yhis post!
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Annie is home.
http://thisandthatbee.blogspot.com/2020/09/sharing-our-stories-home-again.html
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I’m still thinking of last week’s prompt.
https://www.juliekcox.com/blog/magic-of-three
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Silence, reading, and writing are definitely magical. The description of your morning made me cry! I need to get those books! Thank you Julie!
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I have made so many friends through my blogging over these past 13 years, some of whom I probably know better than my 3D friends.
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Inspired by a writer friend to share picture book goodness . . .
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2020/09/sharing-our-stories-picture-book.html
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Love The Boy. The Mole… and Cynthia Rylant is my all time favorite, as ia chocolate cake!
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Here is my writing for the week. There are times when life is too big to write. And then, suddenly, it is time to tell the story. https://ourclasswrites.com/2020/09/14/are-you-okay/
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Beauty and hope. May we all have more of these and less fear. Wonderful, hope-filled story!
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My students participated in their first writing marathon.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2020/09/student-writing-marathon.html
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Writing is definitely a LIFE thing! Your students are so lucky to have you show them the way!
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I want to thank you ALL for your words every week. I love reading them and they inspire me. I am so glad to be part of this Special-Outstanding-Spectacular group of writers! Thank you Ruth – we are here because of YOU!
https://wordancerblog.com/2020/09/19/writing-community/
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Looking forward to the first day of fall this week!
https://interstice.blog/2020/09/20/rethinking-fall/
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https://creativitylovingeducator.com/2020/09/20/find-your-writing-people/ 🙂 Have a wonderful week!
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