We had our second workshop on Saturday and one of my favorite writing exercises was one that I “borrowed” from Chris DeLorenzo, who runs the Laguna Writer’s Workshops. I love making lists, and I love hearing other people’s lists, so it’s no surprise that this was one of my favorites. Below, I have posted...
Currently, I’m reading a book called Ignore Everybody And 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod. A cartoonist among other things, Macleod has been blogging creativity for quite a while on his blog Gaping Void. Here is my favorite sentiment so far: “Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in...
I recently entered into a competition of sorts with myself. The goal is to finish my short story manuscript, or at least make it presentable enough to hand off to a select group of readers, by August 15th. Why this deadline? Because I think without it it, the book would languish on my computer,...
Last fall, still erupting from an overabundance of fear and self-doubt from suddenly finding myself smack-dab in the middle of the “creative world”, I awkwardly mentioned my long-burning desire to play the banjo and mandolin to two female musician friends. “My old lover took back the banjo for the third and final time,” I...
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. The world will not...