Summer time is here and it's time to be active outside, enjoying the weather with family and friends. It is especially a good time for dormant ideas to spring into action and flow from the pen or your finger tips!

If you need a little help getting those ideas to flow, take your car out for a drive with the radio on or your favorite cd and head to the beach. I don't know about you, but when I drive I think of all kinds of ideas to write about or I think of what I want to add to an existing story.

Those of you who don't drive, go for a walk or bike ride, bring your headphones or ipod and let those ideas fill head. Oh, don't forget the paper and pen, that's very important.

Just relaxing outside is so soothing to the soul, it's great mediation to quiet the mind. You would be surprised the words you think of to create an awesome sentence for that poetry piece you are working on. I love gardening, digging into the dirt and planting seeds or plants, listening to the birds...it's very therapeutic.

Well, that's a good start for the summer to get your story or poem written. I'm sure you will think of other things to do.

Enjoy!

Until next time...
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