Tranquility DeJure, February 8th, 2016.

Bonjour, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 363rd edition of Tranquility

DeJure.

Today's episode is on the riding habit with a local yogini and amazing woman, Justine Kennan.

So in this episode, you're going to learn the best way to build a writing habit based on the course she

recently taught at Politics and Prose, how carrots and sticks help, and you're going to learn what those are,

plus some prompts and book recommendations to get you going. And I have to say when she put out

on one of our Facebook groups that she was hosting this workshop, I was just over the moon.

I thought it looked so amazing. But unfortunately, I couldn't make it.

So I thought, well, what's the next best thing? I'll interview her about it. And what's so great

is she sent over the syllabus and we really, really talk through it. And one of the things that she

emphasizes that's so important is daily writing, even just like a prompt, something to get you going. And, you know,

for years, one of the things that I've encouraged and dabbled with and really, really find to be

a powerful tool is some morning pages, which is something that Julia Cameron recommends from

the artist's way. So anyway, in this episode, you're going to hear a lot about

how important it is to create this as a regular habit. And as many of you know, that's one of the

things that I've been working on a lot over the past couple years, is taking various workshops

and even online courses. And I read so many books on writing. It's ridiculous.

And one could say that's a procrastination technique or one could say it's research. So I like to

lean towards the research, but I will say you got to get down and write. And one that I recently

finished that I adore is called The Art of Memoir by Mary

Carr. And she also wrote The Liars Club, so some of you may be familiar with her. Another thing

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