When my daughter was first learning to read and write, she would leave crayon drawings with brief notes to me on the desk in my office

Keywords: words-words-words , communication , creativity , english , grammar , inspiration , language , linguistics , words , writing

Millions of other parents have similar stories about their own little poets using language in compelling and creative ways. (“Out of the mouths of babes …” as the old saying goes.)
https://truthsandwonders.com/2025/02/10/what-my-daughters-drawing-taught-me-about-words

It makes me giddy just thinking about it

Keywords: big magic , creativity , elizabeth gilbert , writing

[Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear”] is changing my life at the moment – as someone who has lost a bit of inspiration, of motivation, to write, with a demanding day job and other priorities. Elizabeth is reminding me of why it’s important to pursue your creative passions without fear or agenda, and without this, I wouldn’t be close to sitting in a coffee shop, writing this post, and thinking about what I love.
https://aprilinhk.com/2016/01/10/on-believing-in-magic

I can’t begin to count the number of people who have told me they want to be writers, but don’t know how

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Reading is fun and I think it’s part of writing. It’s educational, and inspirational. It lets you connect with other people and places who never existed, possibly never could never exist. But that’s what writing is about, isn’t it? I know there are other ways to connect. You can Zoom, Facetime, and Skype. You can connect via email, telephones, even actual written letters though that has become a rarity, even for those of us who otherwise can’t stop writing. As long as there are computers, printers, and books, life goes on.
https://teepee12.com/2020/07/21/read-or-write-how-about-righting