Wild Writing

Our writing may be in danger of becoming too safe, too routine, too human

Harley Bell
7 min readDec 8, 2023
Nature poet Harley Bell on Whanganui river, New Zealand.

Wild writing is a way of paying attention to life. It is a call to adventure.
A call to remember the beating heart that wants space on the page.

Why do you currently write?
Is for love, for money, for deadlines?
Do you want to write but struggle find enough time?

The wild within wants to help, whatever the reason. The wild ways of writing call you to attention.
I’ll be honest with you. Giving something your full attention is a potent form of magic.
Writing is how I feel alive. But to protect that life, I need to write from within the feeling of home.

Home is inside our bodies. Home is the earth that holds us.
Earth and the body are inexplicably linked.
Wild writing comes from the spaces in which your body meets the Earth.

If you remember one thing from this article, let it be this:
We must find a way to bring our bodies into our writing practice.

Let’s explore the wild ways of writing.

We are all writers

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Harley Bell

I write about writing, creativity and business. I'm currently working on a poetry book, titled Wild Altar. www.harleybellwriter.com