Journal Writing

Journal Writing for Students
http://www.tcc.edu/students/resources/writcent/HANDOUTS/writing/journal.htm

Journal Writing As A Teaching Technique To Promote Reflection
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1472640/

Sample Journal Writing
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/courses/eol464/fa2001/464web/journal.htm

Writing Stories

Online Free Writing Community Of Over 800,000 Members With Writing Resources
http://www.writing.com/

Short Stories: 10 Tips For Creative Writers
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/creative1/shortstory/

How To Write A Short Story
http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-write-a-short-story/

Writing For Fun

Writing Fun Website for Students
http://www.writingfun.com/

Top 10 Tips for Productive, Creative, Fun Writing
http://positivesharing.com/2006/09/top-10-tips-for-productive-creative-fun-writing/

Review of New Technology That Makes Writing Fun
E Fun's Next5 Android Tablet and APEN Writing Tool
http://thecelebritycafe.com/reviews/e-funs-next5-android-tablet-and-apen-writing-tool-04-22-2011

The Bloggers Guide To Having Fun While Writing
http://www.inkrebels.com/insp/the-bloggers-guide-to-having-fun-while-writing/

What's Love Got To Do With It? How Relevant Can It Be?

How To Love One Another: Affirm, Share, and Servc
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/07/24/how-to-love-one-another-affirm-share-and-serve/

Expressing Love To God
http://www.worshipmatters.com/2005/11/22/expressing-love-to-god-in-worship/

Blogging To Worship God Part 2
http://www.worshipmatters.com/2005/11/03/blogging-to-worship-god-part-2/

The Ultimate Expression of Love - Six Things Christ Accomplished by His Death
http://www.whatsbestnext.com/2011/04/6-things-christ-accomplished-by-his-death/

Further Resources
http://www.revival.com/
http://www.marilynandsarah.org/

Do You Write From Your Core Values?

What is Character?
http://character-training.com/blog/

6 Steps to Become a Mature Person
http://lifetofullest.com/steps-to-maturity/

Is Eternity Part of Your Life Equation?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity

Resources
http://www.revival.com/

Songwriting and Writing Music - Tips And Tricks

How To Write Lyrics - An Introduction
http://musicinstructions.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-write-lyrics-introduction.html

When is the Best Time to do Some Songwriting?
http://jadearticles.com/when-is-the-best-time-to-do-some-songwriting/

Writing Music For Film: First Steps
http://intensemusic.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/writing-music-for-film-first-steps/

Using Music Making Software - One Example
Make a Rap Song with Dub Turbo - Unbiased Review
http://www.makearapsong.com/

FURTHER RESOURCES
http://www.gospelcity.com/industry/articles/8

Now For Some Fun - YouTube Videos About Writing Songs

How to Write Praise and Worship Songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d7xwCkM2Sw

How To Write A Song by Jennifer Newberry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vwS7HsGWRE

Is Your Writing Clear? Take This Quick Questionnaire

Can a nine year old read, pronounce, and understand it without help?

Is it free from acronyms, abbreviations, slang, specialized and insider wording?

Can strangers read it aloud smoothly?

Can strangers easily summarize what you have said in a few sentences?

EXPLANATION
If your answers were negative, maybe it is time to get back to the drawing board ...

RESOURCES
http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-improve-your-writing/
http://www.manitobaeditors.ca/resources.htm
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/proofread.html

Does Your Creativity Crave Spirituality?

QUICK SURVEY - CHECK TO FIND OUT

Are your creative writing tasks meaningful?

Have you lost your enthusiasm for total freedom in your writing?

Does your life seem out of focus all the time?

Is your creative juice dried up?

Does your writing excitement take longer and longer to start up?

Do you keep searching your life for inspiration to write and find it mostly one big blank?

Are your knees knocking together with fear when you think of starting to write?

Do you find yourself avoiding starting to write at all costs, and yet you don't enjoy what you do when avoiding writing?

EXPLANATION
If you answered NO to the first question and YES to some or many of the rest,
consider  checking to see if adding more spirituality or God in your life will revive you.
See other blog entries and a few web links below.

RESOURCES
http://www.revival.com/
http://www.marilynandsarah.org/
http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Authors/Author.htm?ContributorID=GroeschelC&QueryStringSite=Zondervan

What Is Your Favorite Writing Pen?

Have any of you actually tried the Fisher Space Pen that was developed by NASA to write when upside down for the space program? There seem to be a lot of versions of it - here is one from amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Space-Pen-Bullet-375/dp/B001LZ2CRC/ 
I like the smooth feel of a gel pen but find that they can be streaky, smudge easily and run out quickly. Ball point pens are more reliable but can be blotchy and what about being acid free to last over time? Anyone have a favorite?  Here are some links on the topic I found. I even found a Writing Pen Store  http://www.thewritingpenstore.com/
Please leave your comments and suggestions also below.

My Favorite Writing Penhttp://christophersisk.com/2008/05/05/my-favorite-writing-pen/
My Favorite Writing Penhttp://kineticwriter.com/2008/07/my-favorite-writing-pen/

Have You Taken A Free Stress Test Lately?

What's Your Stress Index? - test yourself
http://www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=4-42-216
Stress, Depression and Anxiety Test
http://www.psychologistworld.com/stress/stresstest.php
Life Stress Test Automatic Scoring
http://www.cliving.org/lifestresstestscore.htm

Inner Beauty Tips

Beauty from Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty
Get Support and Be Inspired to Discover Your Inner Beauty from Project Inner Beautyhttp://www.projectinnerbeauty.com/
Spring Cleaning For Your Inner Self from Boldly Beautifulhttp://boldlybeautiful.com/innerbeauty/

Writing In Cafes: Interesting Blogs and Commentaries About It

Writing in Cafes - from The Writer and the Wanderer Sunday, August 30, 2009http://thewriterandthewanderer.blogspot.com/2009/08/writing-in-cafes_30.html
Writing in Cafes - Ellen Gregory from to beyond and backhttp://ellengregory.wordpress.com/tag/writing-in-cafes/
JKR Still Writing in Cafes from Harry Potter website about author J.K. Rowlinghttp://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/1490
Writing in Cafes from Bibliobibuli Woman Battles Serious Book Dependancy Problemhttp://thebookaholic.blogspot.com/2008/05/writing-in-cafes.html
A little etiquette goes a long way in a cafe
The new rules of cafe etiquette are mostly common sense, but sometimes patrons need some reminders. http://renton.patch.com/articles/a-little-etiquette-goes-a-long-way-in-a-cafe

About Being Spiritual

Spirituality @ Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality
Spiritual Well-beinghttp://www.mahalo.com/spiritual-well-being/
Can you become a real genius if you have zero spirituality? What do you think? http://www.mahalo.com/answers/can-you-become-a-real-genius-if-you-have-zero-spirituality-what-do-you-think

Writing And Your Inner Being

Inner Solitude, Or What You Absolutely Need In Order to Writehttp://poetrynprogress.com/2010/06/02/inner-solitude-or-what-you-absolutely-need-in-order-to-write/
Reading and Writing with an Inner Voicehttp://socyberty.com/education/reading-and-writing-with-an-inner-voice/
Conversation with my inner wisdom being (inspired by We Write Poems) http://flyingmonkey23.blogspot.com/2011/01/conversation-with-my-inner-wisdom-being.html

Loving And Caring About Others

Caring for Others YouTube (intended audience: children)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkbjKzl5Waw

Agape: choosing unconditional love for othershttp://www.thewarmmilkjournal.com/2010/06/06/agape-choosing-unconditional-love-for-others/

Self-help Writing Tips

Journal Writing and Self Help http://www.selfhelpmagazine.com/article/journal-writing
Self-help From Wikipedia the Free Encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-help
Your Self-Help Book Should Not Be a Thinly Disguised Memoirhttp://blog.writersdigest.com/norules/2010/08/31/YourSelfHelpBookShouldNotBeAThinlyDisguisedMemoir.aspx
How to Write Self-Help Articles for Children’s Magazines http://www.write4kids.com/blog/2009/09/14/how-to-write-self-help-articles-for-childrens-magazines/

Writing About The Gospel

Gospel (what is it?)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel
Writing a Gospel Presentation (on a website)http://acts18910.blogspot.com/2006/06/writing-gospel-presentation.html
John Declares His Purpose in Writing This Gospelhttp://www.biblegateway.com/resources/commentaries/IVP-NT/John/John-Declares-Purpose-Writing
All About Gospel Songwriting
http://www.ultimatesongwriting.com/gospel-songwriting.html
I Am Writing A Gospel...
http://addhumorandfaith.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/i-am-writing-a-gospel/
Superb Resource Website for Anything Gospelhttp://www.biblegateway.com/