MasteryPlus | Ellen Saunders | Activity http://www.masteryplus.com/members/mulllet/activity/ Activity feed for Ellen Saunders. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:13:56 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 7cd9bbdbc4bf2d0bb37bb8e2728b80ff Ellen Saunders started the topic in the forum Writers Workshop - Week #3 http://lifewriting.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/is-there-a-different-mindset-for-the-business-aspects-of-writing/ Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:29:55 -0700 I just watched Steven’s video on Writer’s Block, and I agree with much of what he says, but I have a question:

What’s the mindset needed for submitting stories and writing
letters to agents?

There is a chunk of our jobs that is totally business/sales. I SUCK at self-promotion and always have, no matter what the field. I think my stories are…[Read more]

]]> 6a7cbf7cc0cde46f86a5c5f12bb5a1db Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://lifewriting.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/what-is-your-purpose/#post-140 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:50:10 -0800 I’ve been doing Salute to the Sun for so long I’d forgotten it HAD variations. I don’t do the twisting part, I should add that in.

I’d committed to doing it every day for two weeks and have been amazed at the obstacles I’ve thrown in my own way. I’ve done better than 50 percent but that’s hardly a successful “commitment.” Tells me how much I’m…[Read more]

]]> 33a2d67afd70a521f0de71386fd2524f Ellen Saunders started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/hotseat-chats/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:21:13 -0800 I tried to join the call twice today but my internet is wonky; the audio would cut out, start to buffer and never come back on. Problem was on my end, I’m sure.

Soooo… anybody want to comment on ways the experience made them reconsider the shape of their stories, or how looking at someone else’s stories through the lens of the Hero’s Journey…[Read more]

]]> 882bd7839803f5bc82d1c24015e810c0 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/gratitudes/#post-567 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 00:15:26 -0800 Well, let’s try this again…internet cut out and lost my previous post…

…and ironically, my first gratitude is the technology that enables so many of us to connect and mobilize for political action.

– I’m also grateful for a warm dry home and a full belly on a cold, dreary rain-filled day.
– snuggles with cats.
– progress on my novel.
-…[Read more]

]]> 41fc426abf01798693b4b299cd67843b Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://lifewriting.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/what-is-your-purpose/#post-127 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:22:25 -0800 Meditation, I think. Moving meditation, perhaps. It has to incorporate reminding me what my purpose is, so perhaps the Salute to the Sun yoga asana that I do as a “prayer,” for lack of a better term, incorporating my life’s purpose. A shorter version of Mr. Barnes’ morning practice, which I don’t think I can yet get myself do daily.

]]> f5c89c568e89fab1076937234dfadb12 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://lifewriting.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/conservativeliberal-and-the-path-to-non-duelistic-thinking/#post-126 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:19:29 -0800 I’m going to toss out a sideways observation. It depends on the emotional connections that exist to support those liberal or conservative attitudes.

One’s attitudes about citizenship, equality and suffering, just to quickly pick three, are often deeply experience-based, with emotions evoked by those experiences binding those attitudes to certain…[Read more]

]]> f482edf487c90a191f8e2f373f3dc673 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/who-writes-the-best-short-fiction/#post-531 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:57:53 -0800 Yep, “best of” anthologies will give you a wide breadth of what’s out there. Your “best writers” and my “best writers” list might look totally different based on our personal interests and tastes, but those anthologies will give you a good idea of whose work to start looking for.

And if you check the publication details in the back, you’ll find…[Read more]

]]> 51a03b2d9669669b63b51b58617859cd Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/how-did-you-come-to-be-a-writer/#post-530 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:49:01 -0800 Michael, I can’t speak to the publishing side of it, but I do know I also resisted writing short stories because I wanted to focus on novels. I finally caved because from a “teaching you the writing craft” perspective, short stories are a vastly more effective instructor.

ALL the things you have to get right in a novel you have to get right in…[Read more]

]]> ae255540910a2eb73530c45af27a5545 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/what-is-the-arena/#post-529 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:36:18 -0800 I hadn’t forgotten the question, I just have a hard time seeing my strengths. Weaknesses I can go on about all day long…
…So I’ll turn that around; a strength is my ability to see the flaw in plans, the weak spots. The places where it won’t work or might fail. (This makes me a LOT of fun to be around, lol.) I try to be good about keeping my…[Read more]

]]> 592190cd1cf537e67dc7d337a9c54c12 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/gratitudes/#post-528 Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:19:23 -0800 Gratitudes this week, in no particular order:
— grateful for hot toddies;
— grateful for the energy and dedication of the people who have stepped forward to try to mitigate any damage to civil rights that is coming;
— grateful for a pellet stove on a cold dreary day;
— grateful for those who look beyond our borders and work to help those…[Read more]

]]> 135e61f01f71e7e1919f560a6f13f3ba Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/gratitudes/#post-506 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 00:29:47 -0800 Keeping this going: Today I am grateful for teachers who are a calming, generous and determined voice for change.
Grateful for a willingness to learn.
Grateful for the ability to dust off, calm the busy-busy-trivia mind the holidays seem to feed, and to begin again.
Grateful for a brief vacation from the busy-outrage-insanity-awareness tornado…[Read more]

]]> 9c28dea7cf166a5b7b5bb0b1dd233f9c Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/what-is-the-arena/#post-500 Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:44:43 -0800 I make a mean pie.

LOL. That’s an excellent question, LaVeda. I’m going to have to think about that for awhile. I can come up with a lot of writing weaknesses but… it’s hard for me to celebrate any strengths, let alone say “this one” is my best. Thank you, I need to chew on that for a bit.

]]> bebfafe92cb659edd112224b9d326760 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/how-did-you-come-to-be-a-writer/#post-499 Fri, 30 Dec 2016 19:40:10 -0800 I fell into it.

Too shy and awkward to be much of a storyteller at any age, but I always liked to read and daydreamed constantly, writing my own stories in my head. Had a theater-minded friend; we wrote a play in third grade.

I found the high school newspaper, continued with the college paper — liked it because it gave me an excuse to talk to…[Read more]

]]> 6503967acd93b0d625272896cd089625 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/moral-support-floggings-will-continue-until-moral-improves/#post-412 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:35:53 -0800 I’ve only sold one story and I already know “you’re not a real writer” is going to be one of those things my brain spits at me until I croak.

A lifetime of self-abuse is difficult to un-learn.

Yeah. In therapy (again) for that one. Between that and the positive messages of this class, every resistant fiber in my being is being resistant to…[Read more]

]]> b869d2ccc73200754971db8106924db5 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/an-example-of-how-writing-can-help-us-through/#post-411 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:25:47 -0800 Oh, it’s definitely on-the-nose, much more so than any beginning author could get away with — and I note she posted it free on her site; I’m not sure this is marketable. I think its power comes from incorporating an all-too-real-world emotionally shattering event into an existing universe her readers are already familiar with.

Breaking it down…[Read more]

]]> 5a9a4aee20fac0b0390266ebeb8b183f Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/an-example-of-how-writing-can-help-us-through/#post-395 Sun, 04 Dec 2016 04:04:07 -0800 ******SPOILER*****

The Beasts Who Fought For Fairyland Until the Very End and Further Still by Catherynne Valente.

…..analyzed using the Hero’s Journey…

This is an odd story from a structure perspective but a perfectly natural story from a fairy tale perspective, so I’m not sure I’m getting this right. Go read it, link above, and tell me…[Read more]

]]> 1c4d4959ba425c5f6e9ad4da99e88fe5 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/an-example-of-how-writing-can-help-us-through/#post-394 Sun, 04 Dec 2016 03:31:05 -0800 Okay, I’ll try it…

]]> 331d610cb109adc45e31d4c474cc6f45 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/the-heros-journey-and-colonialism/#post-393 Sun, 04 Dec 2016 02:52:07 -0800 All that said, I’m really looking forward to (and dreading) sinking my teeth into the challenge Steve and Tananarive issued around applying the questions of the Hero’s Journey to our own lives. Considering myself as a boring introvert, it had never occurred to me to do that (I’m no exciting hero).

Abruptly I’m seeing it as a startlingly useful…[Read more]

]]> a2beffac6fbbc0646f497bc1fa895ae1 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/the-heros-journey-and-colonialism/#post-392 Sun, 04 Dec 2016 02:34:38 -0800 I have similar issues with the Hero’s Journey. Not to slight Joseph Campbell or his a tremendous body of research, but it seems to me that he privileged Euro-centric storytelling in crafting the Hero’s Journey.

I read Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm in college. It came out in 1972, and I don’t know how well it has aged, but I remember…[Read more]

]]> 931b0bf0a13e5447c20c83336ab08c63 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/homework-and-thoughts/#post-377 Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:44:18 -0800 Oh… there’s also this odd… anxiety reaction that happens when I sit down. I’ll just be getting started: say I’ve identified a character/setting/problem for a short story practice, and I’ve just started the first few sentences…

…Suddenly I’m full of anxious/bottled energy. Vibrating. And I almost without fail get up and get myself coffee…[Read more]

]]> 20d70a856b2f13993ed251c5e848ba9f Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/homework-and-thoughts/#post-375 Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:37:06 -0800 It’s going… choppy, I guess.

On and off. Having the homework and hotseat assignment/opportunities has actually gotten me to dust off some short stories I haven’t thought about in awhile. They’re not bad. LOL. Also, I’ve been texting with a writer friend every workday morning to keep each other accountable. So I’ve at least written something…[Read more]

]]> db9dc849a03d6a4d570d4beb231f1814 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/homework-and-thoughts/#post-375 Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:37:06 -0800 It’s going… choppy, I guess.

On and off. Having the homework and hotseat assignment/opportunities has actually gotten me to dust off some short stories I haven’t thought about in awhile. They’re not bad. LOL. Also, I’ve been texting with a writer friend every workday morning to keep each other accountable. So I’ve at least written something…[Read more]

]]> 144dd2b6f48617862acc8b6e2708fb51 Ellen Saunders started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/an-example-of-how-writing-can-help-us-through/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 07:47:28 -0800 I hope linking to inspirational writing is okay. This story really touched me:
Catherynne Valente’s
The Beasts Who Fought For Fairyland Until the Very End and Further Still
http://www.catherynnemvalente.com/the-beasts-who-fought-for-fairyland/

]]> 56601e92e1abaa46cc70954019023de2 Ellen Saunders started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/nest-of-stones/ Fri, 02 Dec 2016 04:55:01 -0800 Nest Among Stones

A young woman, raised as a pet and a curiosity among hunter-warriors, risks her life to give her future children a chance at autonomy and pride.

Parin is a Torcan, a desert herbivore whose instinctive behaviors are shamed and beaten from her by the caste- and conflict-loving Grys. Her accomplishments of no value except as a…[Read more]

]]> c2314c6868f3cb585ac4c0f194682ed4 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/moral-support-floggings-will-continue-until-moral-improves/#post-337 Sat, 26 Nov 2016 07:02:54 -0800 That looks like a cool app.
I am taking a brief break from Habitica, which “gamifies” habits, because I went from tracking a dozen habits and a dozen weekly to-dos to tracking more than 50 habits and 20 weekly to dos and talking with other writers and playing with my avatar …

… and now I’m going to go back and pare back to essentials and…[Read more]

]]> 5d4a7b1795d3007ab91c3e425c1cccd8 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/the-machine-faith-wages-and-self-sabotage-a-snowflakey-rant/#post-336 Sat, 26 Nov 2016 06:46:42 -0800 RJ, I also am a connoisseur of “new programs” and “this time I’ll stick with it” resolutions that I fail, from this year’s Habitica to my college “five, 10 and 20-year” plans.

The best I’ve been able to do is find something I’m already doing that I know I won’t change (like, I feed the cats and have my first cup of coffee first thing in the…[Read more]

]]> a1f9ae02fb3f6eb9362040941d14b17d Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/post-election-healing-through-journaling/#post-335 Sat, 26 Nov 2016 06:04:53 -0800 Journalling might have kept me from chewing holes in myself during the last two weeks.

I’m glad you captured those moments and conversations. I’m having trouble maintaining perspective, and am humbled by the calm of those who’ve been able to do so.

]]> 3bae9c353c031201652bbbc5afccda58 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/the-machine-is-the-success-path-for-this-course/#post-334 Sat, 26 Nov 2016 05:47:42 -0800 I’ve had that week in an isolated cabin with no internet access. I did get work done but I mostly cooked, did cabin maintenance, and hunted mice. NOT the most productive use of my time from a writing standpoint. LOL.

Time management might be one of my issues. *wry smile*

My bugaboo is everything after step one, unfortunately. I have many short…[Read more]

]]> f1ba3b0a5aa435ca80234bea86e36fe1 Ellen Saunders started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/gratitudes/ Thu, 24 Nov 2016 19:58:18 -0800 Grateful for the opportunity to take this class at a challenging time personally, professionally and … in the larger communities. Maybe I should just say challenging time. The class has helped me focus on what I can do, and that helps me keep from getting overwhelmed, and I’m deeply grateful for that.

Grateful for a roof over my head, the free…[Read more]

]]> 2810570dce8a6e17c0a31412b10accad Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/i-enjoy-the-chats-but/#post-245 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 15:54:44 -0700 Thank you!

]]> 9b5e768bf80e3aeedee75f06558a04f6 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/chapter-14-thoughts-chime-in/#post-244 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 15:48:25 -0700 Joy for the survival and overcoming and allies and the strength to stand tall. I’ll try to hang on to that.

I can cope with Namaste (the god/goddess in me honors the god/goddess in you, is the translation I learned).

I was doing this work without much guidance and was concerned … hmmm … about going off the deep end, I guess. Terrified I…[Read more]

]]> d686af0eaca2ce7df0fe39b69300fdc4 Ellen Saunders started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/i-enjoy-the-chats-but/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 06:26:01 -0700 I’m on the road for the next few weeks. I will try to keep up with the readings and the forum if I can, but probably won’t be able to watch the broadcasts until Thanksgiving, so I’ll miss two of the class chats.

]]> e8c0771056b194fad544651144608e7a Ellen Saunders started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/chapter-14-thoughts-chime-in/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 06:20:02 -0700 What did you find the most interesting thing about Chapter 14?

For me it was two-fold: 1. Steve’s comments about programming and the Black experience and 2. the Cabinet Hill created in his mind (and how he created it and why), but mostly that concept. And the idea that Hill was willing to discuss that publicly so long ago is pretty amazing.

I…[Read more]

]]> 2aab2f1de8248830c2e92d6a05e8da4d Ellen Saunders started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/chapter-10-discussion/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:42:58 -0700 Curious what others thought/brought to/took away from Chapter 10.

]]> 7ac7898c7b0e3377ac1cf39805f3f439 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/nanowrimo/#post-234 Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:30:06 -0700 I will be traveling for much of November (I will actually miss two classes, and will be unable to take part in the discussion during that period, but I wanted to take this class so much I signed up anyway…)

But I’ve done Nano *almost* every year since 2004, and I find it immensely helpful, so I signed up again. I hope to use the last 10 days…[Read more]

]]> 7048037aa9d2693dcdc97031500de64d Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/depression-thread/#post-233 Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:24:53 -0700 Good luck–and I’m sure you’ll pull it off!

]]> 10a176f309c5d96b3e0bb218d48863c5 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/chapter-11-thoughts/#post-232 Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:23:38 -0700 Oh, the age of this book. Gah. Thank you so much for your comments at the end, Mr. Barnes. It’s been a bad couple of days and I needed the anchoring back in 2016. And, well, I’m over 50.

I encountered the concept of transmutation years ago, when I was an oversexed 30-something coming off a failed relationship. Or perhaps I found it in my 20s and…[Read more]

]]> 257577fb44900d3fac0ca831682240a1 Ellen Saunders started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/chapter-11-thoughts/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:01:06 -0700 Discussion? Thoughts, ideas?

]]> 8a5bd5dfc21d08a4988d595723b983c6 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/pushing-boundaries-in-established-characters/#post-224 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 03:56:00 -0700 I love that story.

]]> e7f009f65f5ea5eb4498b3a33983f99c Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/think-and-grow-rich-thoughts-and-questions-and-introspection/#post-223 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 03:52:43 -0700 I’ve forgotten most of the tai chi I knew but years ago I turned the yoga “Salute to the Sun” sequence into a mediation/affirmation/prayer, and since I started this class I’ve been trying to do that every day or at least several times a week. And I’ve been meditating more. It is helping.

]]> fbdac5cbd87556ae3a7e31f9f0cf8bf0 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/moral-support-floggings-will-continue-until-moral-improves/#post-222 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 03:48:15 -0700 I like reading other people’s writing about their process. I don’t know how many famous authors whose work I LOVE have written that they 1) threw their manuscript away, 2) were convinced it was utter crap and had to be talked out of deleting it off their hard drive or 3) started excited about their manuscript but by the time they finished it…[Read more]

]]> c0da2a11a0482a02b806b74fa1b0d90f Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/hello-everyone/#post-221 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 03:41:39 -0700 *waves* Cool! Taking classes helps me keep writing.

]]> 034274e430bd884b3567776a0c8c534c Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/depression-thread/#post-220 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 03:39:46 -0700 YES! Exactly, it’s hard to move others “if I’m unwilling to feel it myself.” I know I’m close when a passage I’ve worked on for a long time can still make me cry.

That makes self-care and knowing when *not* to address certain topics really important too. Some days I need to be in denial or at least focus on something that won’t bring me down and…[Read more]

]]> 07119c5a9bc30139cc3d0fe4075e458a Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/homework-and-thoughts/#post-208 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 00:35:23 -0700 Thank you. That helped me realize Caleb’s bland because I don’t have his personality in my head yet; what his strong and weak chakras are, for example. Nor have I done enough world-building to know how race would impact his worldview, in part because I haven’t chosen how far in the future this should be set.

Answering those questions should help…[Read more]

]]> d1d529d366a6bb85127652bfa9e1f0d2 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/width-of-frame-cutting-off-words/#post-207 Tue, 25 Oct 2016 00:26:00 -0700 Ah! Parent-child relationships are always tricky when it comes to words. *grin*

Thank you so much!

Ellen

]]> 1f51056d814a97a6ad33956fcff0bd32 Ellen Saunders started the topic in the forum http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/various-chapter-9-thoughts/ Mon, 24 Oct 2016 04:42:17 -0700 I like Steve’s reworking of Hill’s phrase: “EVERY [negative experience] BRINGS WITH IT THE SEED OF AN EQUIVALENT ADVANTAGE.”

But omighod, I don’t think I’ve ever read a Tarzan book, at least not since I was a child. I was raised around racism, but that kernel graf is breathtakingly, stunningly racist. I forget the “in…[Read more]

]]> 812f838e78c2dd4d7517c1637ee0b2d2 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/homework-and-thoughts/#post-193 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 19:13:44 -0700 This is the first 500 words of my homework; I revised it to combine both assignments (the protag was originally a mixed-race woman) by making the protag about as opposite me as I could. Caleb is a Black male pilot comfortable with confrontation and risk. The description of the “warden” is probably the most complete character description I’ve…[Read more]

]]> 3f34acab6863699f74b402d6c7ee7612 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/13th/#post-192 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:58:46 -0700 Excellent.

]]> 54bd3ab044b6d07d7d6cc93d3ee41d39 Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/depression-thread/#post-191 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:57:59 -0700 I have found meditation very helpful, and when I can manage it, meditating at least three days a week is useful in helping me reach the “thrive” level of living. (Survive/maintain/thrive)

Oddly enough, I find daily meditation disruptive, but my meditation tends toward self-psychoanalysis instead of the regular “counting breaths” or “just be”…[Read more]

]]> 2e7198f590091cc26e571402c3c2ab7d Ellen Saunders replied to the topic in the forum Members http://revolutionary-writing.masteryplus.com/forums/topic/take-notes-ask-questions/#post-190 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:48:44 -0700

alancing physical and emotional descriptions is an art form.

I like that.

Clipping photos is a great idea for my human characters.

I’ve been working on my clay work skills to try to build clay models of my aliens, and I need to set aside time to do that on a regular basis. Models would take some of the fuzziness out of my imagination and give…[Read more]

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