Episode 24 - The Writer’s Toolbox - What are Morning Pages?

In this episode, Pete and Laura take another delve into The Writer’s Toolbox and add the tool of ‘Morning Pages’. 

Julia Cameron made this tool famous in her book called ‘The Artist’s Way’. 

“In order to retrieve your creativity, you’ll need to find it. I ask you to do this by an apparently pointless process I call the morning pages… Morning Pages are meant to be, simply the act of moving the hand across the page and writing down whatever comes to mind.”

Why are Morning Pages important?

1. It teaches us persistence. 
2. It teaches us how to beat writer’s block. 
3. It teaches us to stop procrastinating.
4. It teaches us to stop judging ourselves.

Try these writing prompts for your morning pages 

• How do I feel today?
• What am I worried about?
• What am I grateful for?
• What else?
• What next?
• How did you yesterday go? 
• What stories can you write about from the past week?
• Who do you want to be today?

“Why do we write morning pages? To get to the other side.” – Julia Cameron.

We’d love to know how you got on trying Morning Pages. Use the email below and tell us how you have used this tool in your writing. 

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