Welcome to Bewilderness Writing!
Explore the craft and its therapeutic and creative benefits to help you recover your creative self. This is a fun space where you can find musings about creativity in all of its many disguises, whether a writer, dancer, or accountant. You may also see the many paths our Bewilderness Writing Prompts take us.
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Writing Through Memory, Part II Questions and Considerations on Ethics
I think ethics are worth considering whenever we write about someone other than ourselves, whether it is memoir, poem, or blogpost. This topic of “ethics in memoir” invites a wide range of opinions, so you must discern what works best for you.
Don’t Go In Without a Ladder Out: Writing through Memory, Part I: Staying Safe
As writers we naturally mine the depth of our own lives, both internal and external, for subject matter. Writing through your life experiences, trauma, or buried memories is often tough.
How Free Writing Can Help You Discover What You Don't Know
Could we be open to the idea that the murky area lurking just below the conscious mind is wiser than the logical, planner-infested mind?
Ellis Elliott: Portmanteau
Port-man-teau: A large trunk or suitcase, typically made of stiff leather or a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of others, for example “bewilderness”.
In Creativity, All Forms of Expression Welcome
We all find our preferred modes of expression, from tattoos to topiary artists. While they may seem totally different from the outside, they share a most important end result for me: the ability to communicate both with myself and with the outside world.
How Solitude Replenishes and Inspires Creative Thought
I crave the kind of solitude that can only be found in the quiet that invites my thoughts to marinate and my nervous system to ratchet down a few notches.