Comments on: Why Writers Should Head Into the Woods https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/ A Blog On Writing Wed, 15 Jan 2025 07:35:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Cathy Lamb https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/#comment-131323 Wed, 31 Jan 2018 06:08:25 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33116#comment-131323 Jenny, I can see why that would be a FREEZING shower in the Rocky Mountains! We used to "clean up" by jumping in the river or a lake. If we'd been in the river or lake we figured we were "clean enough." too funny.

]]> By: Cathy Lamb https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/#comment-131322 Wed, 31 Jan 2018 06:07:18 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33116#comment-131322 In reply to dholcomb1.

My first place of peace is the beach. I just love watching the waves. So soothing. So re-charging. Hmmm....didn't quite say that right, but you know what I mean!

]]> By: Cathy Lamb https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/#comment-131321 Wed, 31 Jan 2018 06:06:32 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33116#comment-131321 In reply to Rick George.

Rick, that sounds like a beautiful place for writing. I love the Cascades in Washington...and in Oregon.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/#comment-131199 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:18:26 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33116#comment-131199 Cathy, your writing is always so lyrical! Especially loved this bit: "Nature gives your soul time to relax." <--Very wise. But the image of all the siblings and the dogs and the not-so-waterproof tent? Priceless. That one took me back to my own childhood and certain camping trips where the only shower to be found was a waterfall in the Rocky Mountains. In June. Good Lord, that's the coldest shampoo job I ever had in my life.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/#comment-131198 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:14:33 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33116#comment-131198 In reply to Laura Drake.

I agree with Julie - I have a recorder somewhere. I need to figure out where it is and if it still works, cuz I need to be doing this. Usually, I just call and leave myself a voicemail.

]]> By: Writing Links 1/22/18 – Where Genres Collide https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/#comment-131163 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 12:03:22 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33116#comment-131163 […] https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/ “Camp. Hike. Stick your toes in the sand, run in the ocean. Go sledding. Grab time for yourself under the trees. Do not get hypothermia, and don’t drink lake water or bring bad dogs with you. […]

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/#comment-131161 Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:45:53 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33116#comment-131161 The mountains and the beach are my happy places to recharge and find ideas.

denise

]]> By: Rick George https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/#comment-131160 Sun, 21 Jan 2018 20:36:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33116#comment-131160 Amen and well-said, Cathy.

I'm very fortunate that I get to hang with nature every day. I live on a dirt road in an isolated corner of the Cascade Mountains in Washington. I can run 8 miles on logging roads in any of several directions and never see another human. Might see a bear. Or deer or turkeys, rarely an elk. It's magic for developing plot and character.

]]> By: Cathy Lamb https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/#comment-131154 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 18:28:46 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33116#comment-131154 In reply to Jeanne.

Hilarious, Jeanne. Thank you for the tip and the insight!

]]> By: Cathy Lamb https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/01/why-writers-should-head-into-the-woods/#comment-131153 Sat, 20 Jan 2018 18:28:16 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33116#comment-131153 In reply to barbdelong.

Good idea, Barb. I should "schedule" my nature time more. I know I'm going to walk, but I should write down hiking times, etc. I live in suburbia but we have coyotes and raccoons all over the place, and once a year the deer walk through. It's amazing.

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