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Creativity is Like Pulling Teeth: 6 Ideas to Write Your First Draft

Creativity is Like Pulling Teeth: 6 Ideas to Write Your First Draft

December 3, 2022November 12, 2022 Posted in WritingLeave a comment

If you never get started, your ideas will only exist in your head. You need to start somewhere. Here are six ideas to write your first draft.

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Write a Story with No Conflict

Write a Story with No Conflict

November 19, 2022October 30, 2022 Posted in WritingLeave a comment

The Japanese method of Kishōtenketsu is the current plot system used for writing Manga. The focus is on the character and a twist near the end.

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Dice Your Time to Maximize Creativity

Dice Your Time to Maximize Creativity

October 29, 2022October 10, 2022 Posted in Productivity, WritingLeave a comment

The true commodity for an artist is not the number of pages written or drawings produced, but time. There simply isn’t enough to go around. Rather than look for big chunks of this precious commodity, try to dice your time into smaller, easy to accomplish, bits.

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Architect vs Gardener Plotting for Writers

Architect vs Gardener Plotting for Writers

October 22, 2022October 6, 2022 Posted in WritingLeave a comment

Do you write more with your head or your heart? That’s the dividing point between Architect writers and Gardener writers.

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Use Layers in Your Writing to Meld Spontaneity and Planning

Use Layers in Your Writing to Meld Spontaneity and Planning

October 8, 2022September 20, 2022 Posted in Creative ProcessLeave a comment

Often us writers want to create a perfect chapter right out of the gate. But this just isn’t practical.

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Lessons Writers Can Learn from a Thief

Lessons Writers Can Learn from a Thief

September 24, 2022September 18, 2022 Posted in Art Life4 Comments

Writers and artists can benefit from the tactics of thieves and tricksters.

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Think Inside the Box

Think Inside the Box

September 3, 2022August 17, 2022 Posted in Creative Process, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Everyone keeps telling us to think outside the box. But what if that’s the wrong advice?

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10 No-Bullshit Techniques for Writers, Artists and Musicians

July 9, 2022June 21, 2022 Posted in Creative ProcessLeave a comment

Thank Ogilvy for his advice to creative types. The king of advertising can help you draw, write or paint.

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Pay For Good Fortune with Time

Pay For Good Fortune with Time

April 23, 2022April 3, 2022 Posted in Art LifeLeave a comment

Instead of striking when the iron is hot, make the iron hot through repeated striking.

#success #productivity #mentalhealth #arttheraphy #mentalkitchen

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Think Beyond Doubleplusgood

Think Beyond Doubleplusgood

March 26, 2022March 21, 2022 Posted in Art Life2 Comments

Words create thought. The more you have, the broader your mind will become.

#newspeak #crimethought #putin #language #words #vocabulary #arttherapy #mentalhealth

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