by Peter Gibb | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
An Update. I’ve been thinking –beyond Mindful Writing– about the larger world of “Mindful Communication.” Prior to this blog entry, I’ve focused this blog on the magic and power of memoir. Writing my own memoir, as well as...
by Peter Gibb | Apr 21, 2018 | Memoir: Spirit, Uncategorized
Who has critics? We all have critics. In writing and in life. OK, some of us have more active critics than others. Inner critics and outer critics. The worst are those nasty voices inside our own minds that nip and nag. “That’s no good. No one will ever...
by Peter Gibb | Mar 8, 2018 | General, Uncategorized
photo credit: Pixabay Not long ago, I had one of those aha moments. It was the end of the day. I was tired. Just enough energy left that I could hear that still, small voice within addressing me, “I have something to say. Please listen.” So I did. And...
by Peter Gibb | Jan 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
photo credit: Pixabay.com “Show, don’t tell.” If you’ve been to a writing class or read a writing book in the past 50 years, you’ve heard these words. So, what’s wrong with them? On one hand, nothing. But on another, a lot. If...
by Peter Gibb | Jan 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
The most fundamental of all the many questions facing the Mindful Writer is this: what should I write about? We all face this question. But most advice on writing seems to skip this vital step, to focus on the “how” of writing – craft issues...
by Peter Gibb | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Many years ago, I joined an improvisational theatre group in San Francisco. Joined on a whim, the only way to do improv. We met in a small upstairs theatre, near where the cable cars turn, at the corner of Powell and Market, a happening part of town. I loved...
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