Make it happen. Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.—Warren Buffet Habit is essential for writers. If we develop a habit that allows us to enter into writing, then we will write more often. Consider the habit you have for joining #sosmagic. Do you haveContinue reading “open invitation no. 53: habits”
Author Archives: Ruth Ayres
open invitation no. 52: home
What do you love about home? In January Julie Cox wrote a blog post with the simple title, “Home.” It took my breath away and was one of those bits that tucked into my heart, and my writer’s spirit played with the ideas and the words. I’ve been thinking about writing on the topic ofContinue reading “open invitation no. 52: home”
open invitation no. 51: spring
Be inspired by spring. I think words are fun when they can mean different things. Check out all of the definitions for spring. Move or jump suddenly or rapidly upward or forward. Originate or arise from. The season after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear, in the northern hemisphere from MarchContinue reading “open invitation no. 51: spring”
open invitation no. 50: pause
Give a pause. Pauses in writing, just as in life, are a beautiful thing. How might you add a pause to your writing? Here are some of my favorite ways. Use ellipsis…or sometimes informally called dot-dot-dot. This word stems from the Greek word, élleipsis, meaning to leave out. First graders often use this convention toContinue reading “open invitation no. 50: pause”
open invitation no. 49: sunset challenge
Capture a sunset. Consider capturing a sunset. It can be a sunset from long ago or one that’s happened this week. Here’s the challenge: Don’t use color words — red, pink, purple, but still allow us to visualize the color of the sunset. Don’t use seasonal words, but give us a sense of the timeContinue reading “open invitation no. 49: sunset challenge”
open invitation no. 48: slice
Capture a Slice of Life. I remember writing slices before it was a thing. Back when there were just two teachers who loved teaching and loved writing and wanted to write alongside one another about teaching writers, even though they were 865 miles apart. A lot has changed since then. The magic of a slice,Continue reading “open invitation no. 48: slice”
open invitation no. 47: for sure
What do you know for sure? What do you know for sure?What do you know is true?What do you know by heart? Try to capture what you know for sure in a list or a poem or a scene. *Remember, you don’t have to accept this invitation…but I do hope you will accept the invitationContinue reading “open invitation no. 47: for sure”
open invitation no. 46: oops
There are times writing goes awry. An email from an #SOSmagic story collector arrived in my inbox with a link to her post for this week. I mentally slapped my forehead with my palm because I realized invitation number 46 didn’t go live last Thursday. It takes a matter of minutes to fix it, butContinue reading “open invitation no. 46: oops”
open invitation no. 45: write fast
Sometimes, if you write fast without thinking, the words will break through. “Every writer I know has trouble writing.”—Joseph Heller I’ve been avoiding the post box. My blog writing is the writing I do for me. It’s the writing I do for fun. It’s the writing that is most unexpected. My blog writing is theContinue reading “open invitation no. 45: write fast”
