Mindy LawrenceMay 12, 20221 min readHow to WriteMindy LawrenceIn order to write,you must learn to set words aside. Leave them and find a trail. Look at the path and walk down it.Watch the birds in the trees and learn their songs.Learn the trees’ names and the shapes of their leaves.Talk to them.Take a stick and walk with it as a brother.Hear the rapids falling over rocks and see the sun on the water.Remember the motions of the animals drinking.Leave the trail behind and find a garden.Learn to hoe.Learn to plant.Learn to tend.Savor the harvest.Learn the true taste of a tomato grown in the sun.When you have done these things, go home.Find a journal or a scrap of paper.Sit and talk to the trail and the gardenAs you write.
Mindy LawrenceIn order to write,you must learn to set words aside. Leave them and find a trail. Look at the path and walk down it.Watch the birds in the trees and learn their songs.Learn the trees’ names and the shapes of their leaves.Talk to them.Take a stick and walk with it as a brother.Hear the rapids falling over rocks and see the sun on the water.Remember the motions of the animals drinking.Leave the trail behind and find a garden.Learn to hoe.Learn to plant.Learn to tend.Savor the harvest.Learn the true taste of a tomato grown in the sun.When you have done these things, go home.Find a journal or a scrap of paper.Sit and talk to the trail and the gardenAs you write.
