Writing is often framed as an intellectual or creative act, but beneath the surface, it is also a deeply physiological one. The nervous system—our body’s command center—responds to the act…
You step away from your desk, lace up your running shoes, and head outside. Maybe it’s a slow jog, maybe it’s a brisk walk—maybe it’s an all-out, heart-pounding sprint. Either…
Creativity isn’t just a mental process—it’s deeply physical. The way we move influences how we think, process emotions, and generate ideas. Many of the greatest writers, artists, and musicians have…
You know that feeling when the words just pour out of you, and writing feels effortless? That’s the flow state—when you’re so absorbed in your work that time disappears, doubts…
These prompts all incorporate some sort of movement to help spur on your creativity. 1. Walk Until the Story Finds You Take a walk—outside, around your home, or even pacing…
Creative burnout is sneaky. One day, you're in flow, ideas spilling out effortlessly; the next, your brain feels like a locked room, the key nowhere in sight. When creativity dries…
Writers are already a little strange. We stare at walls for hours, carry on entire conversations in our heads, and become emotionally devastated over fictional people we created ourselves. But…
Writing is often imagined as a purely cerebral act—a mind untethered from the body, deep in thought, producing words through sheer intellectual willpower. Other artists—dancers, musicians, actors, even painters—understand their…
Creativity is often seen as a lightning strike—unpredictable, spontaneous, and impossible to summon on command. But for those of us who rely on creative output, whether in writing, painting, music,…
There’s a moment, just past the threshold of effort, where time dissolves. The thinking mind recedes, the body moves, the work creates itself. This is the flow state—the space where…