Writing takes time, effort, research, digging through memories, skill, emotion, and, possibly, even a little bit of your soul. Use your writing for self-care.

Writing takes time, effort, research, digging through memories, skill, emotion, and, possibly, even a little bit of your soul. Use your writing for self-care.
We spend too much time seated at a computer, phone, and in digital meetings. Edie Melson shares tips to help care for our digital souls.
Flawless characters are boring. Character flaws increase the odds that things will go wrong, sometimes horribly wrong. Ramp up the conflicts with flaws.
In deep point of view, the goal is to immerse the reader in the character’s lived experience of the story journey, living out this story in real time.
Consider this a free-form writing exercise with a fruit twist if you need a little energy infused into your writing routine. With posts by our WITS writers.
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