Category: Tips
A deeper look into creative process and tips to make your best work.
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I realize journaling is a huge trend and there are many ways to approach this highly beneficial practice. I’ve always journaled in several ways my entire life, most notably in diary style for myself, but also for brainstorming, note-taking and random bursts of inspiration.
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Although the title of this post may suggest I’m not an advocate of storytelling while under the influence, that would be wrong. Actually, if you can stay focused on your message while drinking, we should probably meet and be friends. But for those of us who aren’t Hemingway…
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I’ve been thinking long and hard about what I want to contribute to the world and what this blog means to me. As a creative person, I’ve had a ton of great ideas but also… a ton of projects in general. It’s tough to stick to one thing!
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A few days ago I received vital feedback from my editor, which felt more like he took his hands, opened my chest cavity and looked straight inside my soul.
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“You’ve chosen a real interesting path,” my editor told me. “It’s borderline masochistic.” Yep. So, why then, do I write? The short answer; I want to be rich and famous and this seemed the most likely way to get there, barring reality TV.
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Do you ever hear a song that takes you back to a place in time so specific your body will actually feel as if you were there? Maybe it was a first kiss or a song you heard when you used to get ready to go out in college?
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I’m in the process of publishing a book, a collection of essays from my twenties. As one of my favorite writer’s William Zinsser said, there are many reasons to write our story besides publication and fame. It’s therapeutic and we can leave it behind for our children to know who we were, to name a…
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I spend much of my life taking unwanted photos of my fiance. I continue to do this despite his constant protests because once in a while, I preserve a perfect moment; A forever immortalized morsel of time I can recall later when I go through our photos.