The Myth of Reasonable Goals
We’ve heard it all our lives: “Set goals, but set reasonable goals.” The thinking is, if you set illogical goals or outrageous goals and you don’t meet them, you’ll be disappointed and will stop moving forward. Perhaps if you have been stuck for a very long time and need simply to knock yourself off of [...]
You Do Have Something to Say
I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine who who said she said she loved writing but didn’t write much because she didn’t think she had anything to say. It is a comment I have heard often and it makes me sad. I take extreme exception to that comment whenever I hear it. [...]
The Myth of the Fragile Muse
In college, my major course of study was acting. The theatre department was run, at that small school, like a professional acting company, and we produced a minimum of five plays a year. Everyone in the department was expected to do every job in the theatre at least once, and everyone was expected to be [...]
What Do You Mean, You’re Not Writing?
I love being creative. That’s not much of a surprise for anyone who knows me, but I do. When I really start creating, when I really start listening to those voices who are giving me the ideas to write down, I start feeling a mixture of a deep satisfaction, slightly embarrassing pride, a vague but [...]
Putting Off Procrastination
Writers often find the most creative excuses not to write. We will use anything from messy desks to low biorhythms to avoid getting down to business. Creativity is fragile, we think, and we mustn’t jostle it. I am as guilty of this as anyone. And I know that creativity isn’t fragile at all, it’s hale [...]
Fireworks
My writing partner Steve’s favorite two holidays aren’t Christmas or Thanksgiving, they’re Hollowe’en and 4th of July. Both offer an element of mischief (good, clean, fun, American mischief, of course) and both offer some wonderful spectacle. 4th of July in the United States is a time of celebrating our independence, (it was from England, for [...]
Interview with Terrie Wurzbacher about Creativity
Last week, I was interviewed by Terrie Wurzbacker of Getting Unstuck, LLC. We had a fairly rollicking time, talking about creativity, the process of writing and writer’s myths. We also digress into some odd and interesting subjects. Powered by Podbean.com You can also listen to it over on Terrie’s blog, From the Desk of Terrie [...]
They Can’t All Be Gems
Most people who don’t write all the time are afraid that, if they do write more, they’ll “empty the coffers” very quickly. The logic goes, if it is difficult to come up with something now then make what I come up with brilliant, I’ll have nothing left very soon if I try to write more.” [...]
The Myth of the Silver Lining
I am an optimist. Many people say that what an optimist does is always “finding the silver lining in every cloud”, to find something good in every situation, no matter how dire. This has also been called Pollyanna, after the novel, at least one movie and character of the same name. The young girl in [...]
Important Work
Recently, I was thinking about the phrase, “an important work” by “an important writer” and wondered if any of my stuff will ever be important. Then I realized it already is. So is yours. Nothing you write will have ever been said in quite the same way, with quite the same voice by any one [...]
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