Set a vision for the NEW YEAR for your “Thriver” writing journal
From Susan Omilian
Thriver Tip of the YEAR!
See yourself in that place when all that you wanted to accomplish this next year is complete and you are happy, healthy and feeling good!
who you are with and how it all feels.
When you are ready, open your eyes and write in your journal or notebook describing the vision you have for that moment at the end of the year. Write as if you are in the present… “I am sitting now on the deck of my new home overlooking the ocean.” Whatever!
MAKE THIS YOUR BEST YEAR YET!
at various times throughout the year!
You’ll be surprised where you are at the end of the year!
* Taken from an exercise in Entering the Thriver Zone. See below.
 Purchase Entering the Thriver Zone: A Seven-Step Guide to Thriving After Abuse
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Writing Prompt: Writing from Quote
One kind of writing prompt that I like to use is to start with a quote. Here is a stimulating quote from Tobias Wolff, author of This Boy’s Life, a memoir that was made into a movie with Leonardo DeCaprio and Robert DeNiro. Read it first and then choose one or both of the prompts to write from.
You are invited to post what you wrote in the comments below.
Good writing!
QUOTE: “One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them.” – Tobias Wolff
PROMPT: Write about something in your life that you wished had gone another way, something that felt wrong at the time and how you might have wanted it to go differently.
PROMPT: What have you learned, given that it did go the way it did? What was the opportunity for you in your life? Where has this event taken you as a person? How has it shaped your character?
Read MoreWriting Tips & Gossip
Ever wonder. . . if you were in the right place at the right time? Maybe not. Maybe, like Oprah and JK Rowling below, you are supposed to be somewhere else so your big opportunity will show itself.
Good writing!!
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JK Rowling
Before she penned the “Harry Potter” books, Rowling worked as a secretary for the London office of Amnesty International.
She would spend most of her day writing stories on her computer, and when her employers discovered how she was spending her time, they gave her the boot.
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Oprah
When Oprah was starting out as an evening news anchor for Baltimore’s WJZ-TV, she was fired for becoming too emotionally involved in the stories.
She was given a day time position shortly after (which was considered a huge step down in the news world), and turned the opportunity into the “Oprah Winfrey Show.”
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A Writing Friend Publishes Her First Novel
One of my 
dear writing friends Sue Davis has published her first novel, “Love Means Second Chances.
I am so proud of her!
We have been writing buddies for years and encouraged and supported each other through the writing and now the self-publishing journey.
Check the book out at Sue’s book here on Amazon.
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I just finished reading The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula McLain. It is a fascinating (fictionalized) story of American writer Ernst Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, written from her point of view. I love when we as writers play with point of view in our stories.
Read MoreNew Website for Writing Coach, Susan Omilian…
Welcome to our new website, “Writing With Susan,” where we’ll enjoy some of the latest social networking and blogging features that WordPress has to offer. WordPress is the most popular content management system that folks are using today, and we’ve jumped on it so we can provide the best experience for our visitors.
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