Sitemap - 2022 - Writing for Weird Times by Amy Guth

Goal writing

Let it self-destruct

Ya don't ask, ya don't get

Lies we tell ourselves

You look like a schmuck

Skill tracing

Childhood favorites

Detours and expansions

Your writerly annual report

Writerly intentions

The day everything changed

The general area is full of ideas

Hello, you wild and magical creature

Things we amplify

Brainstorm: anthology

Old places

Building credibility into your writing

The search for meaning

A writing exercise

Plenty of it

Water

Ready, set, list!

Time to listen and think

What are you here to do?

Unexpected scents

Conspiracy-busting

Ancestors

The messy middle

Your space

Furniture

Year-end planning

Body language

Total lies

Oh, what now?

Yep/nope

Editing (and auditing) for confidence

Major focus on message

Gratitude

Two events, same place

Rebellious bodies

The personal is political

Meaningful songs

Don't move!

So very, very wrong

Creative fears

I believe

New holiday traditions

Your own worth

Spiritual

Writing plans

When prosperity isn't money

Mythology

Scent

Trust, promises and more

Your creative why

What's on your mind?

Feuds

Love songs

Systems

Everyone needs therapy

Your highest potential

Rage! Anger! Big mad!

Spooky scary

Holidays

Small gestures

On writing

What if even the big idea is too small?

Weird old movies

Entrances and exits

Can't and won't

I believe...

That one gig

The big day

Life truths

Words you want to hear

Patience

Oops!

Personal essay + a dream

Only the best

Change of scenery

Recent lessons

Yes to both

Listening

Family... first?

What's in your way?

Making 'impossible' things

Brain training

Public impact: track your efforts

Buildings: not boring

I know I don't know

Where and why?

Teachers

We're all gonna die

A big summer adventure

No. Nope. Nuh-uh.

Childhood artifacts

Deservedness, wanting and self-sabotage

Deceit

"I've been looking so long at these pictures of you...."

We're all jerks in one way or another

Flat Earthers and Breatheairians: this one isn't for you

Can I get a "meh?...?

The after

Pushing through

A word about writing prompts

Travel pet peeves

Adventures in airports

The Big Three

Crowning glory

What's in a name?

State of mind

Lies!

Not a fan?

You're worth it

Words we cannot translate

Labels

Difficult conversations

With unlimited freedom

Strength of character

Take two

Yeah, that's not staying

Having knowledge v. being passionate

Big wishes

The kindness of strangers

Just let me do it

Saving for a thing

First days

Seems normal but not to you

What's wrong? What's right?

Over/underrated bands

Things that should be free

I'm sensing a theme here

Handmade

WDYDWYD?

Food-related adventures

Books of influence

Go get 'em!

Building adjacency

Uncomfortable family information

Firsts

Landmarks

Line in the sand

Monsters under the bed

The road not taken

Famous criminals in your life

You know that's not true, right?

Will it matter in a decade?

Not pictured: so much other stuff

And how do you feel about that?

Plans schmans

The big, big goals

Condiments

Why? But, why?

In media res

Big feelings

Work time/personal time

Note to your younger writer self

The very confident how-to

Perfect(ion)

Your personal FAQ up in here

Well, that's pretty weird

Delivering your great address

Travelogue + news = thing to write

Mining the daily brain feed

Screw it, let's time travel

Yay! Let's write about fear

Travel writing

A word about semantics

You must read this!

Music nostalgia

Not cool, bro!

Yesterday could be huge

Gray areas

Things that should be free

Effort for others

Alcohol

Constant notifications are really f'ed up when you think about it

The things we fix

Tips for writing for change

Boundaries!

Temper

The war on whatever

Hidden talents

Not giving up

Food writing

It's the little things

Lessons learned

Impulsive

Unpopular af opinions

Well, that was an ordeal

A writing experiment

Let's play revisionist history

Thank you for your grueling effort

You're gonna make it

Ready to be done with that

Big fear

Who does the writing serve?

Snapshot essays

More about procrastination

Public impact strategy

How to do a thing you've never done before

Ancestors

"I learned it from watching you!"

What ever happened to...?

This I know to be true

Ten ridiculous solutions

Well, that's a tough situation

Rejection

Easy for you

The envelope, please

Uplifting stuff like natural disasters

Time is just weird now

Holy moley!

Write to everyone

Missed connections

Make the unfamiliar familiar

Zero

Freewriting on the body

A mentor, but not officially

Fundamental changes

Yahrzeit

Stuff to trick your brain

Ugh, not you again

Using counterarguments to your advantage

Use the micro to access the macro

Keep it simple

Over punctuating rather than using words

It's like time-travel

That one thing on your list

Before and after

Zero. Zilch. Empty. Done.

The write-along

Write, will ya?

Expansions

Can't even

Take two

How'd you do that?

Hey, brain, look over there!

Scared (or not)

Non-verbal cues

That's not a good idea...

Someone else's poem

The "write about what hurts" thing

Same place, different times

A word on building legacy with writing

Strong opinions on co-authoring

Not a good look

Big mapping

Just the one thing

Writing to music

Pre-crastination

Whoa with the adjectives

Fate! Kismet! Beshert! Destiny!

Just fn say it

On killing your darlings

Connect your message to news

Nobody owes us their attention

The birthday status report

Nearrrr. Farrrr.

Writerly inspiration in weird spots

Constraints

Challenging narratives

The benefits of reading your work aloud

What to write about

What's got your attention?

So very, very awkward

Clear messages

Chosen family

Tiny detail

What makes a writer?

Achievements

A happy moment in childhood

Love

Qualities in others

Bullsh*t

Fear

Virtues

Fortune favors the bold

Happy

Dis/agree: chocolate

Obstacles

Both things can be true

On Broadway

Interesting people

Products

Aging

Workplaces

So lost

Broken things

Dis/agree: waiting tables

Funny family lore

Anniversaries

Make a left at the cactus

Unstoppable

Nice wheels

Food writing

They’re just like everyone else

When time acts weirdly

Anxiety as an idea generation tool

Pants on fire

Get it out

Nope

You're full of it

Sexy timessssss

Something is missing

Throwing deserved shade

Bad advice

Encouragement

Camera roll

What can you teach others?

Oh, you look... nice

Order in the court

A year

Kid stuff

Driving

Not lovey-smushy!

Longing

Deathy-death-death

Minding the gap

This I apparently know for sure

Sabotage

Not fair

Change

A life pause

Let it rip

Road trip!

It's fate!

Sweet temptation

Big feels

Hotels

The middle

The perfect room

Artifacts

Introvert/extrovert/ambivert

Let me count the ways

It's only weird if it's weird to you

Don't Look Up

Special views of special days

Both things can be true

Notes from the black sheep

Oh, you're not a hideous crone after all

Mark this day

People, People who need people...

Patience

Priorities

Okay, boomer...

Days are teachers

What's wrong with being particular?

Outta my way

Stolen items

Nope. Not doing that.

Dreams

When animals are not awesome

What you know you don't know

Now, but in past tense

First day

Opposite season stuff

Your name in lights, sort of

Deserve? Yes. Have? No.

Finish these thoughts