Category: Article
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Keeping a Journal: Writing for Yourself in the New Year Part 2
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in ArticleBy: Anna Hallett, Director, The Writing Party (Keeping a Journal: Writing for Yourself in the New Year) Keeping a Journal January is time for a fresh start and setting new goals. Journaling is a useful habit you can begin this year. Benefits of Journaling There are a variety of benefits to journaling. Recording your experiences, thoughts,…
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The Holiday Season: Red, Green…And Blue?
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in ArticleBy: Mary Discenza and Anna Hallett, The Writing Party (The Holiday Season: Red, Green…And Blue? Writing to Chase the Blues Away) Writing to chase the blues away Even before the added stress of COVID-19, for many people the holiday season and the shorter, darker days of winter exacerbate feelings of sadness, loneliness, and anxiety, often referred…
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Writing Gifts for the Holidays
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in ArticleBy: Anna Hallett, Director, The Writing Party (Writing Gifts for the Holidays) This year use your writing gifts for the holidays to create something meaningful and memorable for your loved ones. Compose a tribute, poem, letter, or memoir and wrap it up in a festive package. A personal and heartfelt bit of writing means so much…
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Write That Recipe Down! Plus, Bonus Strawberry Parfait Pie Recipe
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in ArticleBy Mary Discenza, Director, The Writing Party The Mysterious Yam Recipe My mother passed away many years ago, but I never miss her more than just before Thanksgiving, when I haul out the cookbooks, thumb through my recipe cards, and embark on an online search to locate what I’ve come to think of as The Mysterious…
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Writing Your Holiday Newsletter
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in ArticleBy Mary Discenza, Director, The Writing Party Writing Your Holiday Newsletter There’s no getting around it; it’s time to start writing your holiday newsletter — the pandemic version, that is. Whether a holiday newsletter is something you’ve done for decades, or if this is your first time, here’s your chance to leave your Holiday card comfort…
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Yoga for the Mind Part 2: Building Characters
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in ArticleBy: Anna Hallett, Director, The Writing Party In this episode of Yoga for the Mind, we will focus on building characters. Inspiration for a story, book, or poem often stems from a real person you know or see out in the world. You have probably played that game in which you guess a stranger’s life story.…
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Make Time For Mangled Mottos, Timeless Terms and Your Family’s Famous Phrases
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in ArticleBy Mary Discenza, Director, The Writing Party (Make Time For Mangled Mottos, Timeless Terms and Your Family’s Famous Phrases) My dad, whose pride in his ancestry seemed almost limitless, once made a list of proverbs, aphorisms, maxims and coined words intrinsic to our family to record for posterity. Sometimes the list merely included a definition,…
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Just Say It: Writing Tip
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in ArticleBy: Anna Hallett, Director, The Writing Party Sometimes it’s easier to say aloud what you mean than to write it. While I can get the words to flow from my mouth, they stubbornly refuse to organize themselves on the paper. When that happens to me, I have a process for getting my ideas down in…
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The “Write” to Heal
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in ArticleBy: Julie Ayn Discenza, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Please note that this article was written by a licensed therapist and the therapeutic writing technique described for traumatic experiences should be used with the help and guidance of a licensed therapist. As a therapist, I have found that writing is a surprisingly powerful tool in…
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Journaling: Why You Need to Journal Part 1
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in ArticleBy: Anna Hallett, Director, The Writing Party When I was in junior high school, my English teacher required us to submit a Black Box every Friday. A Black Box was a journal entry, as in “Dear Black Box.” The idea was that we would collect all of our entries at the end of the year,…
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