Just Write for introverts

Kara Q. Lewis

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Hello, friends! Welcome to Just Write for introverts, your virtual writing partner in podcast form. Each episode, you’ll get a series of writing prompts for sessions that last for however long you’d like to write. After introducing a prompt, I suggest writing time lengths and count you out: 1, 2, 3, write. You press pause and do your thing. When you're ready, come on back and continue on to the next prompt. Let’s get writing!

09/17/2021

Taking a stroll through memory and dreams | Just Write for introverts

Today we've got a joyous start followed by relaxing-melty moments and dreamy sequences. Let's see what your brain puts forth as you scoop under your awareness. Here's hoping for awesome, awkward nuggets hiding in the mysteries of the subconscious. Today's song: "High Above the Water" by Kathryn Bostic https://open.spotify.com/track/6yKIqMtgcF8kAbguzcvZQ7?si=ff40cdf8781c44dd Other links: A take on "Beard After Hours" - the episode of Ted Lasso I raved about: https://www.vulture.com/article/ted-lasso-recap-season-2-episode-9-beard-after-hours.html Happy dreaming!
09/04/2021

Love and smoke and not losing the thread | Just Write for introverts

Today we get back to some of my favorite kinds of writing exercises, a prompt style from Natalie Goldberg, where you have your prompt and you write from it, but as you lose the thread of a thought or want to push yourself deeper into your thoughts, you repeat the prompt and write again, and again and again. The focus of the writing today is all hovering around themes of love and relationships it feels like. That's what comes from writing after going on a walk with a friend who's a dating coach! Today's song: "For Now" by Kina Grannis - https://open.spotify.com/track/0c99BUd87HQfzgUUQqRyds?si=fdd9aa14461e431c Other links: Kimberley Healey, dating coach: https://www.instagram.com/hijomitmoi/ "A better way to talk about love" TED Talk by Mandy Len Catron: https://youtu.be/zMWYQRKuc5M A talk about Sula by Toni Morrison from The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzw61BfnE6M Happy writing!
07/24/2021

What do a scared human, a blue turtle, and a comfy couch have in common? | Just Write for introverts

Today was a silly episode. I was in an odd mood: both firm about what I wanted to work on and scattered in thought. How can one be both focused and all over the map? A mix of tiredness and excitement rolled together, perhaps? The main thrust of the session was looking at what drives us, what drives our characters, and then also the driver itself—the narrator. I got a lot of inspiration about types of narrators (character, omniscient, and ambiguous) from Mario Vargas Llosa's book Letter to a Young Novelist. From there came a narration challenge. And so, what do a scared human, a blue turtle, and a comfy couch have in common? Listen to find out! Thanks for rolling with me today! Today's song: "Bird in the Thyme" by Tiny Ruins Link to the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0U16u8aKdIrHoFugoWzRec?si=f0bb493e873e4936 Other links: Letters to a Young Novelist by Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Natasha Wimmer: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312421724 Neil Gaiman's Masterclass: https://www.masterclass.com/classes/neil-gaiman-teaches-the-art-of-storytelling Neil Gaiman's A Calendar of Tales: https://soundcloud.com/a-calendar-of-tales/sets/a-calendar-of-tales The list of prompts from A Calendar of Tales on SFSignal.com: https://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/08/short-fiction-friday-neil-gaimans-a-calendar-of-tales/ Thanks for writing with me today!
07/07/2021

Shift perspective: Be brave and go out | Just Write for introverts

Well, howdy do! Today's focus was all about shifting perspectives and working through feeling stagnant. I'm reading Mary Oliver's collection of short essays, called "Long Life," and am enjoying hearing her voice, the thoughts behind the thoughts, giving insight into her beautiful poetry and pristine way of viewing the world. We take inspiration from her as we mine and define new ways of viewing things. Today's song: "The Secret Kissing of the Sun and Moon" by Hang Massive Link to the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0U16u8aKdIrHoFugoWzRec?si=41c9a1bf3c8845c6 Other links: Mary Oliver's "Long Life" ~ a write up from Brainpickings.org: https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/02/20/mary-oliver-long-life-habit/
06/02/2021

Favorite phrases, the compost heap, and a bad mystery! | Just Write for introverts

Hello! I've been recording the podcast for awhile now but am only just sharing with friends, so it feels like a new start in a way. Welcome to the newbs! Today we journey into words and phrases we use a lot, things from the past week that have stuck with us, and putting our writing muscles to the test by writing a bad mystery. Today's session is a little longer than usual - potentially due to nerves, but also because I do a bit of a longer look at one of the exercises including how I approached the prompt. Without furthery ado, let's get to it! Here's the link to the song prompt playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0U16u8aKdIrHoFugoWzRec?si=e79a12050ca9419b Other links: Neil Gaiman's Masterclass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy9b-L7uKqk Annie Dillard's The Writing Life: https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/08/09/annie-dillard-on-writing/ Thank you for writing today!
05/19/2021

Wherever you go there you are and the most difficult thing for you to write about | Just Write for introverts

I zoomed through this one, didn't I? Feel free to take longer with any of my suggested prompt times if you like. Also, for anyone who is desperately curious, it was a Great Blue Heron I was seeing. And, the black and white bird who I got excited about is likely a Black Turnstone. Alas, not a loon. That was wishful thinking. A note about the song at the end "Already Forgiven" by Basia Bulat: I attempted to use something that I thought was going to be super fancy - including an actual song track from Spotify - but I just found out that not only will it just be premium Spotify users who will hear the full track (with basic Spotify users hearing a short preview), but it also won't appear on my episode list on other podcast platforms. So, I'm re-releasing this episode without the song attached. Do go look it up though! As I wrote in the description for the now Spotify-only episode, it doesn't hurt to try something new, but I think I'll stick to my usual format of sharing songs from the Just Write for introverts inspiration playlist. Thanks for bearing with me! Link to the playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0U16u8aKdIrHoFugoWzRec?si=dac0945a79d54e8b Other links... Sitka Center for Art and Ecology: https://www.sitkacenter.org Great Blue Heron: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/great-blue-heron eTown: https://www.etown.org Basia Bulat: https://basiabulat.com Thank you for writing together today!
05/15/2021

Let's get physical and escape into spring | Just Write for introverts

There wasn't really a theme to this episode, but escape was mentioned a lot! Escape room, escape as a prompt, escaping on vacation. I recorded this the morning I was leaving for a few day trip to the ocean, and I'm so glad I did. This session brought up a lot of feels: happy feels and sad ones. A full spectrum of the smiles and the tears. Here's today's song: "Rupturing" by Emily Jane White Link to playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0U16u8aKdIrHoFugoWzRec?si=88bc2a71fd834fd8
04/07/2021

Rituals, Poem Inspiration, and a Mysterious Prompt | Just Write for introverts

I feel a little vulnerable in today's episode. Not exactly sure why! Here's the poem that I read aloud for the poem inspiration prompt if you wanted to read it rather than just hear me say it. Conrad Aiken (1889–1973) The Ego (January 1953) Ego! Ego! Burning blind in the forest of the mind what immortal alchemy or what immoral chemistry dared shape thy fearful symmetry dared dream thy fearful liberty and in the eye conceived the I and in the ‘Aye!’ a Me! Here's the link to it on Poetry Foundation. Today's song is "Smaller Than My Mother" by Overcoats. Here's the Spotify playlist link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0U16u8aKdIrHoFugoWzRec?si=89a9685114d24d01 Thanks for writing with me today!

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Hello, friends! Welcome to Just Write for introverts, your virtual writing partner in podcast form. Each episode, you’ll get a series of writing prompts for sessions that last for however long you’d like to write. After introducing a prompt, I suggest writing time lengths and count you out: 1, 2, 3, write. You press pause and do your thing. When you're ready, come on back and continue on to the next prompt. Let’s get writing!

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Kara Q. Lewis
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2021
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20
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Explicit
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Just Write for introverts