building a creative practice

prompts + practices//work in process

Hello + welcome to prompts + practices, a new weekly addition to ‘work in process’ in which I share creative practices, writing prompts, and simple habits to inspire your writing, art, and life.

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Before we get to this week’s practices, here are a few quick things to keep in mind (skip to the box below if you’d rather get right to it) :

1. I don’t plan these posts in advance. Rather I write from this moment, now, from life as it’s unfolding—what I’m wondering about, reading, writing, making, dreaming and scheming at the beginning of each week. True creativity isn’t curated or choreographed. Nor is it dependent upon results or outcomes. It doesn’t require perfect conditions—it’s about using what you’ve got. It’s about seeing the world around you as it is, and drawing inspiration from that.