3 Takeaways Forma Writing Workshop in Spirituality

My 3 Takeaways from a Writing Workshop

Look carefully around, there’s always a story waiting to be told, a tune waiting to be played, a song waiting to be sung. Its only when you drop your resistances with them does it be willing to flow through you And for I have resisted writing for a long long time.

The young ones

As a young child, the first book which took my breath away was The Whispering tree by Enid Blyton. I think I must have read every book written by her. But I used to love to read about fairies and goblins and elves. There was delight, surprise, adventure and a challenge in her stories. I may not remember the stories, but it always brings a smile on my face when I remember it

Not so rebellious 20s

The next big Book moment came with the FountainHead by Ayn Rand. I was fascinated by its lead protagonist. His defiance to follow the rules and live on his own terms with his idealistic views was very appealing to me as a teenager. In my mind I was a rebel, but in reality a conformist.

Filled my years with Medical thrillers, Romantic novels, War and Adventure books.

Romantic 30s

I think this dissonance is what attracted me to my next Big Book Moment with The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It introduced me to another world, of mysticism and adventure and immense possibilities. Simple words trusting its readers to draw out their own meanings.

Fighting 40’s

The books that stand out during this time was the The shiva trilogies

Maybe a desire to write was kindled then, but I was happy just reading. But Recently When Medha Shri announced the writing workshop, I just decided to drop my guard down and take the plunge. Here are my takeaways from these amazing sessions.