How do I Start Writing? / Quick Tips for Writers 1 / 7:16

 

The Write Focus brings in a Blast from the Past, from Summer 2025. Thirteen—count `em, 13—posts that distill over 30 years of writing knowledge and 10 years of publishing writing. 

Host M.A. Lee has 60-plus novel-length titles under three pen names that guide this information. We hope you find a spot of wisdom in each of these Quick Tips for Writers.

In our first episode of the series, we answer every writer’s burning question: “What do I need to start writing?”

TIMINGS

00:40 Introduction

01:10 Quick Tip 1

4:14 Closing

Total Run Time = 5:14

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/7_oH-qIaDok

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/how-do-i-start-writing-quick-tips-for-writers-1-716/?token=1e92aa255856f4375794794b407439ce

 Thanks for listening to The Write Focus. We focus on productivity, process, craft, and tools.

As a Blast from the Past, our current focus is a series entitled Quick Tips for Writers. Here is a link to the playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXi3M_aM-d7JoFvT3aJEZPpneLjOH1Ur_&si=j8n2yOeaJz05H4bY Select the most recent episode through the URL after the TIMINGS.

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Licensed Music with the Quick Tips content is “Simple Acoustic Guitar” from the creator applehillstudios on Audio Jungle. The music is licensed for podcast and YouTube. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration, also licensed from Audio Jungle for the purpose of podcast and YouTube.

MORE: Easter / Bright Sunday with Creativity Refresh 15 (Last in Series) / 7:15

 

Our More: Easter series concludes in this episode with my confession of a longtime failing and the way I’m casting off that sin … which was one of the motivations for the entire series on More.

And our final Creativity for Writers segment, we consider the daily practice of gratitude to the greatest Creator of all.

TIMINGS

00:40 Introduction

00:50 Bright Sunday

06:20 Creativity Refresh 15

10:22 Last Words and Next Series

11:05 Closing

Total Run Time = 12:05

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/8XR8SZIyOvk

Prazoli Christian Bible Prayer Journal https://www.amazon.com/Prazoli-Christian-Prayer-Journal-3-Month/dp/B0D3PFXNX5/

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-bright-sunday-with-creativity-refresh-15-715-last-in-series/?token=235ee31a6ad8a3ed94fb90f44e5ed948

 

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.

 

MORE: Easter / Bright Saturday and Creativity for Writers 14 / 7:14

 

David’s prayer in Psalm 143 is our focus, following God’s timeline rather than the world’s.

In the Creativity for Writers segment, we look at three techniques to generate new ideas from the blankness.

TIMINGS

• 00:40 Introduction
• 00:50 Bright Saturday
• 06:06 Creativity Refresh 14
• 11:12 Closing

Total Run Time = 12:12

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/zc-8WsHsAh8

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-bright-saturday-with-creativity-for-writers-14/?token=759f42452b96d468dfc5128a2633fc02

 

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.

 

MORE: Easter / Bright Friday with Creativity Refresh 13 / 7:13

 

As we age, we think the three most common bedtime prayers for children are only for the little people. They seem too plain for our complex lives.

Our mistake is when we try to make our prayers more when simple is better.

In looking at the simple, we often see things we have forgotten because our so-called complex lives are actually only filled with distractions.

In the Creativity for Writers segment, we look at overcoming the burdens of the daily grind by awakening our child.

TIMINGS

00:40 Introduction

00:50 Bright Friday

08:40 Creativity Refresh 13

12:02 Closing

Total Run Time = 13:03

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/jAe2b_1EzoE

Versions of Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_I_Lay_Me_Down_to_Sleep

The Shema https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KQLOuIKaRA

Christ with four arch-angels Painting  https://media.craiyon.com/2025-04-10/cNA-qexEQ2SwteWDcqbNKg.webp

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-bright-friday-with-creativity-refresh-13-713/?token=e95ab584d4f854bf3d9ee6dda43ea1fa

 

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.

MORE: Easter / Bright Thursday with Creativity Refresh 12 / 7:12

 

While the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed and even little Glory Be offer the basic tenets of Christian faith, we can still add more to intensify our daily walk with Christ.

More can mean a greater understanding of the church year, such as knowing Holy Week and Bright Week. More can also mean additional readings to add to our daily devotions.

Reading through the Bible can be a challenging daily devotion, especially when we are deep into Leviticus or the minor prophets or weeping Jeremiah. Supplementing with additional small readings can make the uphill struggle of the laws or the Lamentations bearable.

The Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi is one such addition.

In the Creativity for Writers segment, we consider the hardest method of all to refresh our creativity.

TIMINGS

00:40 Introduction

00:50 Bright Thursday

04:40 Creativity Refresh 12

09:05 Closing

Total Run Time = 10:30

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/1MLb9c9_QdE

The Prayer As a Song https://youtu.be/ZABZroCGXTU?si=J0OYhJ763_KXJnZf

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-bright-thursday-with-creativity-refresh-12-712/?token=341380ab5724434e93d9579c81fd048c

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.

MORE: Easter / Bright Wednesday, Emmaus, and Creativity Refresh 11 / 7:11

 

He is Risen! That’s the word the women gave, based on the evidence of the tomb and the word of the bright angel who reassured them.

Yet the disciples could not bring themselves to believe. They wanted to, desperately, but their earthly realism prevented complete belief.

Our focus today is on the event three days after the Crucifixion, on the day of the Resurrection, when two of the Jesus’ followers are walking on the road to Emmaus.

In the Creativity Refresh segment, we discuss the management of two guiding principles of writing that constantly affect creativity.

TIMINGS

• 00:41 Introduction
• 00:50 Bright Wednesday
• 06:00 Creativity Refresh 11
• 10:50 Closing

Total Run Time = 11:51

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/VC99lBtdJr8

Audio https://eden5695.podbean.com/e/more-easter-bright-wed-emmaus-creativity-refresh-11-711/?token=93eae6b59970cc4a09433a083340f1c8

 

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.

MORE: Easter / Bright Tuesday and Creativity Refresh 10 / 7:10

 

In this day of contemporary music and blended worship services, with guitars and drums accompanying the pianos and organs, the bland traditional services of my childhood now seem strange.

God calls upon us to make a joyful noise in praise to Him. Music creates a harmonious celebration. Psalm 150 even lists the instruments for accompaniment.

Our question today is how do we use music in our daily life?

In the Creativity Refresh segment, we focus on managing the flatness of our ideas and words and encountering roadblocks.

TIMINGS

• 00:40 Introduction
• 00:50 Bright Tuesday
• 03:35 Creativity Refresh 10
• 11:05 Closing

Total Run Time = 12:05

 

LINKS

Video https://youtu.be/E88zKRELlHw

Audio 

 

Licensed Music with the Easter segment is entitled “Soft Beautiful Hope Piano” from the creator Nehliudoff on Audio Jungle while that with the Writing segment, with the same title, is from the creator Little Victory, also on Audio Jungle. Music for the opening and closing segments are in the narration.

All short videos with the video are from Pexels.com, a site that offers free short videos, some with sound.