“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”   Stephen King, On Writing

I don’t do New Years Resolutions, however in 2013 I have decided that I want to write more. As a high school basketball coach, between November and February, it’s hard to find time to write, but this January I am setting a writing goal to help increase my writing time. My “January Jump Start” will be 10 minutes of writing practice, to a writing prompt, everyday of January.

I will put myself to work practicing writing, just like I have the girls that I coach practice ball handling, or shooting, or defense, and then I know I will be one step closer to being a better writer (and finishing my new book).

If your are a writer, a blogger, or someone who simply enjoys the written word, on January 1st, I invite you to come with me on this writing journey and each day jump-start your writing with a writing prompt.

In January I will post the writing prompt that I use for my writing practice. If you want to join in, follow these simple steps. Grab something to write on (I use composition books), set your time, read the prompt (or look at the prompt photo) and write. Follow the first image that comes to mind into a story, or poetry, or a character or wherever your pen takes you. Some rules for writing practice from A Writer’s Book of Days by Judy Reeves are: keep writing (don’t edit or reread), trust your pen, don’t judge your writing, don’t worry about the rules and let go of expectations.

And as Natalie Goldberg says…just GO.

Write On!!!