
Messy, Beautiful Pages
Tiny writing prompts for busy people with big, creative hearts.
These video writing prompts are for you, a little gift from the heart of Firefly.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "The Mari Edition" — Part 26
Writing Coach Mary guest hosts a Messy Beautiful Pages, taking us into a little brainstorm and a 5-minute write about this season being a mixed bag.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 25, New Years Eve, 2021
Part 25 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one invites participants to bring some creative focus to hope and creativity in the year ahead.
Messy Beautiful Pages, "The chaos and uncertainty session" — Part 24
Part 24 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one is about sitting with uncertainty and connecting to what we don’t have control over right now.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "The Sophia Edition" — Part 23
Writing Coach Sophia guest hosts a Messy Beautiful Pages, walking us through a process of identifying self-limiting beliefs and using writing to process and move through them.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 22
Part 22 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one build's on the latest Firefly newsletter by creating a process for writers to identify and write about their desires.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "November 4, 2020" Edition — part 2
A short video writing prompt to create a little space for connection, voice and inner listening in this moment of deep uncertainty. This one helps us connect to what we want to build and stand for.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "November 4, 2020" Edition — part 1
A short video writing prompt to create a little space for connection, voice and inner listening in this moment of deep uncertainty. This one helps us connect to what we do and don’t know right now.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 21
Part 21 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one is uses the poem Elegy by Aracelis Germay to gently connect to themes of mortality and as a starting point to write.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 20
Part 20 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one uses lists of things we're holding tight to to drop us into writing about the present moment.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 19
Part 19 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one is an add-on to today's newsletter, inviting writers into the vulnerability and power of articulating our creative dreams.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 18
Part 18 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one is a simple prompt to drop back into writing after a pause.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 17
Part 17 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one offers an open prompt to help find our voice in the upheaval, trauma and pain of George Floyd's death and all that surrounds it.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 16
Part 16 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one uses a simple start line from a great book to locate us as we begin to write.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 15
Part 15 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one uses first lines from books around my house as jumping off points for our own writing.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 14
Part 14 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one uses a long poem by Mary Oliver to collect words for our own writing.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 13
Part 13 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one invites us to reflect on sacred places in our life... inspired by one of our watchers.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 12
Part 12 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one invites some writing about moments of human connection amid isolation.
Messy, Beautiful Pages "Covid 19 Self-Isolation Series" — Part 11
Part 11 in a short series of writing prompt videos designed to help us connect to our hearts and our voices in this challenging global moment. This one invites us to make some space for beauty.