I have five simple but powerful writing prompts for you all today. The most powerful reason to write is to get out of our own heads. Have you ever heard someone say, or you might have said it yourself, that sounded better in my head? That’s because our minds can play tricks on us.

It reminds me of that quote from T.S. Eliot’s “Between the idea and the reality, between the motion and the acts, falls the shadow.”

Key Points

1. Writing helps to bridge the connection between out reality and our fantasies.

2. Writing helps to focus our thoughts.

3. When we put things on paper, we activate that part of our brain (the Reticular Activating System or RAS).

4. Once RAS is activated, we begin to look for solutions that are right there in front of our faces.