The Write Mindfulness Podcast and video presentations explore craft, creativity, and sustainable practice. Listen, watch, take what’s useful, ignore the rest.
The Podcast
Informal musings on writing, creativity, and building a sustainable practice. Sometimes it’s craft talk, sometimes it’s philosophy, sometimes it’s just me thinking out loud about what it means to make things.
Recent episodes
Topics include:
- On Necessity: What do we do when life interrupts?
- Should you write for an audience or yourself?
- What makes an image work?
- How do you know when a poem is finished?
- Are you allowed to write about your kids? Your mom? Your dog?
- The gift economy and creative work
- Finding your creative rhythm
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Presentations & Tutorials
More structured talks on specific craft topics and writing techniques. These are designed to be practical and immediately useful.
Available now:
Topics include:
- Pre-writing: Techniques for generating material
- Revision as “wholly re-seeing”
- Working with images in poetry and prose
- The 30 Things I Love Right Now practice
- Fictionalizing your life (without it being boring autobiography)
- Building a commonplace book
More presentations coming soon.
How to Use These
For solo practice:
Listen to podcast episodes for inspiration and ideas. Watch presentations when you need practical techniques.
For writing groups:
Use presentations as discussion starters. Listen to podcast episodes together and talk about what resonates (or doesn’t).
For teachers:
Feel free to assign presentations to students or use them in your curriculum.
Want to Go Deeper?
- The 10-week course expands on many of these ideas with exercises, prompts, and practices: Start the course here
- Paid workshops offer facilitated group experiences with these materials: Learn about workshops here
- Subscribe to receive monthly updates with craft thoughts and prompts (use the button on this page)
Suggest a Topic
Have a question about craft or creative practice you’d like me to explore in a future episode? Email me at tj@tjbman.me
No promises, but I’m always looking for good questions to wrestle with.