Tag: writing practice

• To the Core

  When do you come up for air?

  Caitie Leibman

  January 20, 2026

  writing prompt

  writing practice

• What should I learn: A Poem

  Sometimes a piece emerges.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 19, 2026

  writing prompt

  writing practice

• Fall Seven, Up Eight

  On keeping at it.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 18, 2026

  writing prompt

  writing practice

• Prickly

  

  Day 14.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 14, 2026

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  writing practice

• Sharpen Your Pencils

  

  Day 13.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 13, 2026

  writing prompt

  writing practice

• Water in the Well

  

  Day 12 Hemingway called it leaving water in the well. You don’t go and go and go until you’ve drained yourself: you stop when you’ve still got a little left. How do you leave water in the well? My students thought some of the ideas we talked about were bananas. Leave off a sentence halfway…

  Caitie Leibman

  January 12, 2026

  writing prompt

  writing practice

• It’s Not So Bad

  

  I just do what the phone says.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 11, 2026

  writing on writing, writing prompt

  writing practice

• Birthday Homework

  

  It’s Day 10.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 10, 2026

  celebrations, writing on writing, writing prompt

  holidays, writing practice

• Refractory Rhymes

  

  And tough colors.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 9, 2026

  writing on writing, writing prompt

  writing practice

• Just Get to the Van

  

  The point of no return.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 8, 2026

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  writing practice

• Dealer’s Choice

  

  Pick a prompt.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 7, 2026

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  writing practice, writing prompts

• A List of Lists

  

  Counting and recounting.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 6, 2026

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  writing practice

• Handy

  

  I’ve been having a craving for hooks and handles.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 5, 2026

  writing prompt

  creativity, process, writing practice

• Shapes, a List: Day 3

  

  A punctuation mark and a bullet wound can take the same shape.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 3, 2026

  writing prompt

  exercise, memoir, writing practice

• Myself, Only More So

  It’s not “new year, new me”: it’s new year, more me.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 1, 2026

  announcements, fresh start, invitations, memoir

  exercise, intentions, journaling, mental health, writing practice, writing prompts

• Curating

  

  The diaries wanted to be encased in Jell-O. They wanted to be sliced up and turned into paper chains, so they could wrap themselves around a banister for an entire holiday season. They never wanted to stay flat. They wanted to do something else, be something else, before I threw them away in my 20s. …

  Caitie Leibman

  May 12, 2025

  writing on writing

  journaling, memoir, reflection, writing practice

• An Ode to “Angel” and Taking Laughter Seriously

  

  The sunshine is welcome if it decides to visit.

  Caitie Leibman

  April 14, 2025

  writing on writing

  creativity, language, process, reflection, writing practice

• Dust

  

  The clock sprung forward and out of my hands.

  Caitie Leibman

  March 17, 2025

  memoir, writing on writing

  memoir, seasons and cycles, time, writing practice

• Something Social

  

  Don’t let the bullies separate you.

  Caitie Leibman

  February 3, 2025

  writing on writing

  creativity, identity, language, listening, perspective, writing practice

• Between the Notes

  

  After many minutes I couldn’t grab onto the sound inside the music.

  Caitie Leibman

  December 30, 2024

  memoir

  holidays, memoir, reflection, seasons and cycles, writing practice

• Big, Dumb Goals

  

  Just casually questioning my life and my choices in 700 words or less.

  Caitie Leibman

  October 18, 2024

  updates, writing on writing

  exercise, goals, good life halfsy, half marathon, intentions, journaling, memoir, mental health, mindfulness, plans and goals, reflection, writing practice

• No Obvious Cause

  

  On walking the aisles of the past.

  Caitie Leibman

  September 23, 2024

  invitations, writing on writing

  exercise, memoir, mental health, mindfulness, reflection, seasons and cycles, writing practice

• Skin-Deep

  

  Be careful what you wish for.

  Caitie Leibman

  August 5, 2024

  fresh start

  creativity, experiment mode, intentions, journaling, memories, mindfulness, narrative, reflection, symbols, writing on writing, writing practice

• Anxiety Dreams

  

  The projects that scare me and the ones that apparently don’t.

  Caitie Leibman

  July 22, 2024

  updates

  anxiety, depression, exercise, good life halfsy, grad school, half-marathon, intentions, lincoln, mental health, mentors, mindfulness, nebraska, poems, poetry, sleep, ted kooser, training, writing, writing practice

• Revisiting My Word of the Year (and Some Important Three-Letter Words)

  

  On things for their own sake.

  Caitie Leibman

  July 8, 2024

  updates, writing on writing

  2024, acceptance, creativity, goals, intentions, productivity, reflection, review, word of the year, work life, writing practice

• Word of the Year

  

  Where are you headed in 2024?

  Caitie Leibman

  December 25, 2023

  fresh start, invitations

  anchor, anxiety, creativity, depression, healing, intentions, journaling, mental health, mindfulness, post-partum depression, productivity, seasons and cycles, strengths, therapy, travel, word of the year, writing practice, writing prompts

• Just a Few Words Away

  

  Ever write just to scratch an itch?

  Caitie Leibman

  September 1, 2023

  fresh start, writing on writing

  memoir, mindfulness, Natalie Goldberg, seasons and cycles, Writing Down the Bones, writing practice

• The Limitations of Being Judgy

  

  … and why I love revision.

  Caitie Leibman

  August 1, 2023

  writing on writing

  intentions, mental health, mindfulness, writing practice

• When Hiding Sounds Good

  

  There’s a relationship between risk and reward, vulnerability and intimacy.

  Caitie Leibman

  July 1, 2023

  fresh start, writing on writing, writing prompt

  intentions, mental health, mindfulness, parenting, sobriety, writing practice, writing prompts

• Why I’m Glad I Write

  

  Some reflections for the graduates of 2023.

  Caitie Leibman

  May 1, 2023

  fresh start, writing on writing

  exercise, memoir, memories, mindfulness, reflection, seasons and cycles, writing practice

• Not Gettin’ Any Younger Here!

  

  But we’re not exactly getting older, either.

  Caitie Leibman

  April 1, 2023

  writing prompt

  journaling, mindfulness, seasons and cycles, writing practice, writing prompts

• Making a U-Turn

  

  Happens in traffic, happens in life.

  Caitie Leibman

  March 7, 2023

  writing prompt

  change, goals, intentions, mindfulness, writing practice, writing prompts

• New Moon

  

  Darkness can show us things, too.

  Caitie Leibman

  February 27, 2023

  writing prompt

  goals, intentions, journaling, mindfulness, reflection, seasons and cycles, writing practice, writing prompts

• The Plan Until It Isn’t

  

  Parenting wisdom applies widely.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 23, 2023

  writing prompt

  intentions, journaling, plans and goals, seasons and cycles, strengths, writing practice, writing prompts

• Let’s Play

  

  Take a tumble with words.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 16, 2023

  writing prompt

  dharma, exercise, journaling, play, writing practice, writing prompts

• Begin with the End in Mind?

  

  You are the author of life’s Mad Lib.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 9, 2023

  writing prompt

  intentions, journaling, memoir, strengths, writing practice, writing prompts

• No Guilty Pleasures

  

  Life’s long enough—but too short for this nonsense.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 2, 2023

  writing prompt

  acceptance, books, journaling, mental health, reading, writing practice, writing prompts

• My Favorite Two-Faced God

  

  His domain is delightful and timely.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 1, 2023

  fresh start

  memoir, mindfulness, mythology, reading, seasons and cycles, writing practice, writing prompts

• People Are Fascinating

  

  You just have to listen.

  Caitie Leibman

  December 19, 2022

  writing prompt

  compassion, curiosity, dialogue, empathy, imagination, journaling, listening, writing practice, writing prompts

• On Roots and Wings

  

  What do we inherit, and where are we going?

  Caitie Leibman

  December 12, 2022

  writing prompt

  education, family, intentions, journaling, seasons and cycles, writing practice, writing prompts

• Life in Slow-Mo

  

  Winter is not a speedy experience.

  Caitie Leibman

  December 5, 2022

  writing prompt

  journaling, seasons and cycles, writing practice, writing prompts

• Begin as if You Mean to Go On

  

  We decide to be ready enough.

  Caitie Leibman

  December 1, 2022

  fresh start

  intentions, meditation, mindfulness, writing practice, writing prompts

• A Little Light

  

  A note on the sun’s journey and ours.

  Caitie Leibman

  November 28, 2022

  writing prompt

  journaling, seasons and cycles, writing practice, writing prompts

• What’s in a Gift?

  

  Relationships are stories.

  Caitie Leibman

  November 21, 2022

  writing prompt

  journaling, narrative, writing practice, writing prompts

• Audience of One

  

  Forget about everybody else.

  Caitie Leibman

  November 14, 2022

  writing prompt

  experiment mode, intentions, journaling, writing practice, writing prompts

• One Foot in Front of the Other

  

  I’m noticing how much my feet have to do with things.

  Caitie Leibman

  November 7, 2022

  writing prompt

  exercise, journaling, mental health, mindfulness, therapy, writing practice, writing prompts

• Not Too Precious

  

  We harvest not to keep but to nourish.

  Caitie Leibman

  November 1, 2022

  fresh start

  abundance, arts and crafts, gratitude, intentions, mythology, organization, scarcity mentality, writing practice, writing prompts

• Water in the Well

  

  Sometimes my writing practice helps me come back to the present moment.

  Caitie Leibman

  October 31, 2022

  writing prompt

  journaling, mental health, mindfulness, therapy, writing practice, writing prompts

• Gingko Wisdom

  

  Where’s the gift in this?

  Caitie Leibman

  October 24, 2022

  writing prompt

  education, journaling, school, seasons and cycles, strengths, symbols, writing practice, writing prompts

• On Getting Lost

  

  Getting lost isn’t the same as being lost.

  Caitie Leibman

  October 17, 2022

  writing prompt

  journaling, writing practice, writing prompts

• Make the Details Count

  “Give things the dignity of their names.”

  Caitie Leibman

  October 10, 2022

  writing prompt

  ingredients, journaling, language, memories, Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones, writing practice, writing prompts

• Get Yourself Some Now Today!

  

  Sometimes my writing practice helps me come back to the present moment.

  Caitie Leibman

  October 3, 2022

  writing prompt

  journaling, mental health, mindfulness, therapy, writing practice, writing prompts