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My Writing Ethos |
Creative writings of MAYRA•YADIR, an artist who writes & a writer who practices art. Site includes resources & inspiration for creative writers seeking to expand and cultivate their creativity and stretch further their self expression.
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My Writing Ethos

approaches & aspirations

5 CREATIVE WRITING MANTRAS I SWEAR BY

1 / DICTIONARIES ARE GOLD

Expand your options

Even if I’m familiar with the definition of a word, I still hit up dictionaries to explore word origins, synonyms and antonyms, and other details. I find these tidbits are always a treasure trove of idea discovery and inspiration.

2 / INCREASE HANDWRITING

Nurture your penmanship

Computer fonts, texting, and keyboarding are convenient. But technically (pun intended), you don’t really need them to write. I encourage you to exercise your own, authentic penmanship. With practice and time, your words will flow with an unrivaled ease every time your pen and paper meet.

Protect handrwiting

3 / FROM THE NON-MACHINE HEART

… and not with or by AI, spiders or bots

All writings are penned by yours truly without the aid of any AI writings tools. Also worth noting is that as I write, I resist “search optimization best practices” as much as possible. This is so I can just be free to express my creative ideas without the constant keyword imposition and mechanized-wranglings “needed” for search findability.

4 / BREAK THE RULES

Think (and write) for yourself

When I write, I make verbs out of nouns, I seldom rely on grammar etiquette, and I don’t follow best practices. This is not to say I can’t stick to the rules. But when I write for myself, I write whatever wants to be written without much care for rules and edicts.

5 / DOODLES MATTER

And scribbles are pictures, too

In my writing world, an image doesn’t always have to be some professionally-shot photo or fine art rendering. Picking up any writing instrument and making a mark of some kind can be an artistic or creative act, and pairing such visuals with creative writings can make for interesting results.

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Ethos In Action