Why Connection and Support Help Writer’s Find Their Tribe

Challenge yourself to connect with fellow creators online, and encourage the growth of the written word.

The weekend is a perfect time to read, connect, and share ideas with other writers. Why not? You might have a little extra time; some down time. Since many writers are already home-bodies, they make the needed connection with online portals.

Reading someone’s work increases the bonding as you identify with their ideas. Since my job has ceased, the plan is to continue writing, exploration of writer’s work, and in the location of new, like-minded writers.

The positive in the chaos brightens my writer’s goals.

The shift

Instead of the mad rush to and from work, (unless you work on the weekend), you carve out some space to reflect, connect, and share ideas.

The slower pace of the weekend refreshes me. As the weekend fades into the last hours of Sunday, the planned activities are still ready for me to tackle. As you plan to incorporate connections with fellow writers.

Three minutes spared to learn more of a writer’s heart, ideas, and goals builds a connection. Each writer who takes the time to connect builds a network.

The tribe

Writers begin to create a tribe, of like-minded creatives who keep paying it forward. Each one stops and smells the roses of other’s work. They show appreciation in claps, comments, and highlights. Writers share the stories on Twitter, Facebook, or whatever platform they find insightful.

Often, my heart is touched when I see a one of my posts shared on social media. The kindness of paying it forward encourages me to do the same thing, to the next writer. If we each reach one writer, then find someone we have not noticed or read from lately, we can then extend the graceful act.

The beauty of a tribe built, also means writers keep stretching beyond the tribe. They look for ways to interact with more than only their company.

The connection

The whole value of connection continues to send ripples long after the first conversation. Never underestimate the opportunity of insight and kindness.

“Psychologists from Maslow to Baumeister have repeatedly stressed, the truth of the matter is that a sense of social connection is one of our fundamental human needs” (Emma Seppälä Ph.D.).

Connection is small moments of time, spent in noticing the people who pass your life’s doorway, via the internet, the street, the store, or the simple, fragrant coffee shop. Even without a bookshop or a coffee shop, you can still connect.

Since so many of us are writing from home (Introverts unite) and enjoy connection via the Internet. Read the work from different genres and find hope in a world locked away by fear, and by wisdom.

Why not thrive with online connections and cheer fellow creatives today?

~Just a thought by Pamela

Thank you for pausing in your busy day and reading…

About Me: Pamela J. Nikodem, MS immersed herself in studies surrounding relationships, domestic violence, and trauma. Her focus is to guide men into a place of peaceful assertiveness. She holds three jobs: An Intern at Roger’s Behavioral Health focused on Addiction and Mental Health; Catholic Charities as a D.V. Educator, and teaches violin at Jim’s Music Center in Green Bay, WI. In her spare time, she writes poetry and self-help articles. ©2020