A Writing Practice For You: Invite Music into Words

Writers Flow happened again last night. This week our focus was on "Your Unique Style - Finding Your Writing Rhythm" We go about this in a "creative" way - imagine that! Through the course of the class we view pictures and invite them to "write through us". We listen to music and invite the music to form words through us. We use trigger words - randomly chosen - as if anything is ever random - and we  let those trigger words write stories as if they are being delivered by waves washing through us.

By the end of the class we end up feeling expanded and  stretched outside of our ordinary minds. And we find ourselves wanting to write more.

Really, you have to get out of your own mind to allow pictures or sounds to write through you. The thrill comes as we recognize that we are each unique instruments for the expression of  Spirit in life. It dawns on us that there are stories everywhere. Everything has life in it waiting for one of us to bring it alive for others. Performers do that for their audiences. Writers do that for their readers. Lovers do that for their beloved. It is the creator in us that makes it up. And with Writing Practice we realize how creative we really are.

Is this some self-indulgent practice? Hardly! Writing Practice helps us develop our "creators muscles." As they grow strong and limber our capacity to share life in meaningful ways expands also.

A Writing Practice For You: Invite Music into Words

Find a piece of music that you love. Instrumental pieces work best. Close your eyes and listen carefully. Listen deeply.  Let the music move through you as you ask it to become words. You might listen to the base notes and find one story. You might listen to the high notes and find another. You might listen from your belly and hear a different story than the one you hear in your toes. One piece of music can take you on many writing adventures. Writing music into words is great training for letting Spirits flow move your words. Enjoy!