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Does your life look like Stormtroopers have been playing Twister all over it? A week and a half ago, I was the recipient of much thought, planning and love as I was whisked away to another city where I was proposed to. Yes, dear reader, I am engaged! (And there was much rejoicing in the […]
A celebrity awakes on the edge of a field next to a dense forest with no belongings. How did she get there? Which path does she take – forest or field? What happens next? Leave your comments below for a chance to win!
A story’s come to you in a flash of brilliance. Or maybe it was some really epic blog posts. You may’ve done a little mental note taking on your drive in, or while waiting in line at the post office. However, when the day to day stuff started screaming louder than your thoughts, the ideas […]
Start your story with: “We’re lost. And it’s all your fault. You should’ve taken the genie’s map when you had the chance . . . ” What happens next? Leave your answer in the comments below for a chance to win!
Two girls open the door of what seems to be an abandoned cabin by a lake. They dump their gear on a rickety wooden table and are about to sit down when they hear . . . What happens next? Leave your answer in the comments below for a chance to win!
We creative types can be pretty rebellious against ourselves, can’t we? Giving in to a myriad of fear-birthed, “what ifs,” we let our inner resistance get the upper hand. We fight and sabotage the very thing we want so desperately: To write! Well, let’s combat all that nonsense, shall we, with two of my […]
Of all the creative exercises I use to help my students and clients access their deepest dreams and strategize their coming true, one of my favorites turns the power of a simple fictional story into a mirror, and oftentimes, a map. It’s like magic! If your dream is feeling a bit nebulous and cloudy, or you […]
A dozen white carnations arrives at a man’s door with a note that reads, “It’s been six long years. I haven’t forgotten.” Who is the giver of the flowers, and what has he or she not forgotten? Leave your answer in the comments below!
When my friend told me about her blog idea, I was really excited for her. “How’s it going?” I asked a few weeks later. She proceeded to tell me that she’d gone home from the library with an armload full of books on website coding. “Coding?! What on earth for?” She’d read somewhere that she […]
