Smash365: Meaning
Feb 8, 2012 by rus vanwestervelt
I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. ~Joan Didion
A few days ago, you wrote to learn something new. Today, write to understand.
Select a topic or emotion that has been on your mind. Write earnestly for at least 20 minutes about that topic or that emotion. Write to think, to understand, to see what it means, to see what you might fear.
Rus VanWestervelt is a writer, photographer, owner of
Ravenwater Press, and Teacher-Consultant with the National Writing Project. He is the founder and editor of
Maryland Voices, a creative nonfiction journal for high school writers and educators. Rus has published hundreds of articles locally and nationally, and nearly all of them relate to writing and living an inspired life. His latest work of fiction,
Cold Rock, was released December 9, 2011 and can be ordered at
Amazon or at
ravenwater.com. For more information about Rus and his work with writers, you can visit his website
here.
