I know I haven't been very active - and it's been a long time, but very recently I've been doing a few spells recently and I noticed I do them quite a bit differently from what others might be used to.  With that, I decided to share what I've learned and while it might not be what people are used to I thought I'd give it a try.

This is by no means my invention, while I thought I was the only one doing this technique, I found other young witches doing the same thing on Tumblr.  This technique would be really good for those who are looking for a way to provide an easy to follow structure to their spells, a skeleton, or draw up a basic idea of what they'd like to do.  For me, this is how I generally do my spell work from start to finish, and fill in the blanks as I speak out loud.

Name
The name if your spell might seem simple and a lot of people don't give it much thought.  "Oh this is a cleansing spell"  "This is a 'Find a New Home Spell'" and leave it at that, but the name is actually really important when doing point form because you're not doing a lot of elaborate chanting, rhyming, or fancy foot work.  It's a very direct approach to spell work.  This means the name of your spell has to be direct as well.  What is your intention, what is it's purpose?  Are you looking for a new job?  Are you celebrating the Esbat?  Really, most spell names that you already use work, as long as it describes what you're doing.

The Structure
Now here is where things get harder to describe.  Really, there's no right or wrong way to do this.  The first thing as with any spell is what the intention is.  I'm going to use a spell I worked on as an example.

Finding a New Home

This home MUST accept my dog
This home MUST be affordable
*Includes utilities
*Includes internet
*MUST be affordable to what I need*
This home MUST accept my lifestyle
*in this I listed the specifics of what I meant
This home MUST be Pagan Friendly
*listed what I meant - example being to burn incense inside
This home MUST be comfortable
*listed examples of what comfort meant - feeling safe and secure, ability to make it my own, the need to be stable
This home MUST be long term
*listed examples of what long term meant - years (happily)
This home MUST be found before March
*pointed out that this can't wait, I have to find it soon
This home is an Apartment by myself
*made notes of what my ideal home was, and what made me excited about that
This home is subsidized by North Peace Housing
*made notes of what they do to help those on disability such as myself, that they make sure  I can keep my dog, and help me find the ideal home
This home is in Peace River
*made notes of where I'd like to live in that town - so near resources, close to my boyfriend, walking distance from a store

This is a great way to make a structural skeleton for a spell, and of course you can add details to it if you want - such as spell components that you normally would.  A spell like this takes me about half an hour to write because it really makes me think about what I really want, and the little details of what that would mean.  It helps you be specific with your goal and really helps you think about "okay, what do I really need right now?"

I hope this was helpful to people.

it does make sense1 Sounds real good~  "basely your making a statement of intent" and is a major thing needed I think for some to "Form" it up before the spell is caste. This is one of my weakest points!

Cant wait to hear all about your new home! What type of dog do you have?
We just lost our 2 girls within a month of one another. Hubby wont admit it but I think it really hurt him losing them especially the lad (daddy's girl)

He still has her pillows laying on his side of the bed and refuses to put them up or let the cats lay of them nada... so, I totally understand about that being part of the main things this new home "had to's"

I hope to see you a lot more! I hope to copy your post for my BOS if its ok with you? Brightest Blessings, MM

From what I was told, she's a labrador wolf cross, by her previous owner. ?She was told she was a pure bred lab, and grew twice the size and had a dominant personality. ?I'm not 100% convinced unless it's like a seriously small amount of wolf. ?Anyways - she's now an ESA, a therapy dog, a volunteer, and does a wide range of tasks and is completely bomb proof. ?She's very sweet, loving, gentle, easy going, and not a mean bone in her body. ?She still does have some dominance issues with other dogs, but that's easily corrected with some refocusing and putting her back into work mode. ?She's not aggressive or territorial, she just doesn't like dogs being too hyper and in her space when she's being well behaved. ?She's 9 and a half, PURE black, and roughly 90 - 100 pounds.  I've had her for 2 years.

Logan, my previous ESA passed away in August last year. ?He was 15 and I got a tattoo in his memory. ?He was a Lhasa Apso. ?I really miss him. ?He lived with my family about 2 hours away from me, but I don't drive so that's actually pretty far away.

Yes absolutely you can post my article(s) in your BOS - I'm hoping to write a lot more soon. ?I remember when this was an MSN group waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay long ago, this was the first group I ever joined when I first started out. ?I'm now part of some facebook groups for beginners and advanced a like and I'm actually now answering questions and going "holy cow, I've come a LONG way." ?Hard to believe it's been 14 years since I started my journey.

I GOT THE APARTMENT!!!

YEAAHHH! That is awesome! Good for you and your pup~ she looks just like our girl did! She is a beautiful dog~ (Our girl weight 85 when she left us)

So, this is truly awesome.... the other place is going to give you the time you need to get everything moved?
(reaching over knocking on wood) oops cats head ~nursing scratched hand~  

My oldest that I lost ohhh 4 or 5 years ago was a WOLF/malamute mix. Looked exactly like a big malamute but there was something just tweaked enough that folks even vets were scared to death of him.. and just the sweetest fellow you would ever meet (Like your girl is).  I got him at like 3 weeks old? His "wolf dominance" came out as food aggression when we first got him, but dad soon showed him exactly who was alpha.
(cause we had little kids!)

but that was it.. the only other problem was the wander lust. I would have to chase his furry butt down It got to where he was kept inside only let out with one of us with him till we moved here to the farm. he was 17 when he finally passed. Docs never though he would ever get that old. He was a awesome protector.

HEY, I don't know if you've done it or thought if this already but next time you get a chance to comb her or get any of her coat add it to whatever protection you set up around your new home. I put some of my guys undercoat and my familiars claws that I had trimmed into my witch's bottle and it has really, really worked! Congrats on your new place! Give your girl a good pat from me!