wordswimmer

Each time I put pen to paper the pen takes an unexpected turn, this way or that, a new path I hadn't seen before that moment of di...

When was the last time you pulled yourself away from your desk, lay on the grass, and watched the clouds float by? Instead of shutting off...

Before any exercise routine, it’s important to ease into the activity slowly, stretching your muscles before engaging in more energetic acti...

A small crowd of children is gathered in a semi-circle on the floor around me as we begin the second session of the Young Writers Workshop a...

Where do you find ideas for your stories? Do you just jump into the water and swim off in search of an idea? Or do you wait patiently for an...

Some writers prefer to set off to sea without a map, but Syd Field, the author of Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting and The Scree...

You are facing a blank page. There's no hint of a path, no ripple suggesting a direction, no shadow suddenly appearing as a road on whic...

Let's start the new year without fooling ourselves. There are days when the water is going to look like mud--a dark, opaque, impenetrabl...