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Relationships and Writing

Here is a fun way to spruce up your relationship with your writing; handwritten notes! Sometimes, when I'm at home and I feel that I haven't been getting any special time with my husband, and I want to feel close to him, I write him little love notes. I tell him what I miss about him, and even encouraging things, such as: have a great day honey, or something like that, or if I know that he is having a hard time at work, I tell him to hang in there, with a note. I think he likes it, even though sometimes he only smiles, if I'm around when he finds it; I like to hide them in places I know he will have to look. Lol, I feel happy when he is happy. Try it! It just might make you feel the same way.

Descriptive Writing Lesson 1

I enjoy descriptive writing, because this is the point at which a writer becomes a painter; presenting the world to his/her readers in words. I love painting too, so that’s the reason for it being my favorite writing skill. I will be making a series of lessons on Writing Descriptively, this is lesson 1. There are several skills involved in writing descriptively, these are as follows: naming what you want to describe, selecting and including sensory details, using comparison and using various descriptive techniques. In this lesson, we will focus on the first skill; naming what is to be described. You need to ask yourself if it is a place or person or thing, or idea, or item or is it an event that you want to describe. This is important, because there are different ways of describing different things, because you focus on detail in a different way. It also involves making choices about things that speak to the writer, who plans on recreating this item/person/place/event with word

What's the Purpose of Writing?

Why Write? Writing has always had a purpose since the existence of mankind, mainly to record or document things deemed important to remember. But later, it took on an artistic element that has come to appeal to the emotional and creative side of human beings. Today, writing is considered an art that only few have mastered or are gifted with it's expressions and demands on one's time. I want to focus more on the therapeutic nature of composing something. Just writing a simple note or letter to someone to tell them that you care or express something you cannot muster the strength to say, can do wonders. Writing is an extension of a person; what we say defines us and who we are, and despite what many people say or think, words have a tremendous amount of power, and can be used to destroy, create, or build something or even someone. So if someone tells you that writing is useless or not as important as other things, you should take the time to point out the following: 1.