writing inspiration

Paracosm: Your Own Little World

October 29, 2011

A paracosm is a detailed imaginary world involving humans and/or animals, or perhaps even fantasy or alien creations. Often having its own geography, history, and language, it is an experience that is developed during childhood and continues over a long period of time: months or even years. via Paracosm – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. I [...]

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Writing wants to be Written

October 25, 2011

The brain enjoys writing. It enjoys the act of naming things, the process of association and discernment. Picking words is like picking apples: this one looks delicious. Writing – and this is a big secret – wants to be written. Writing loves a writer the way God loves a true devotee. Writing will fill your [...]

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30 Day Challenge

October 24, 2011

This is a 30 day blogging challenge. Mainly for personal bloggers as the questions are all about you – who you are, what you like and what you are like. Here is the list of the each day if you’d like to try it yourself! Day 1-Introduce yourself and give 15 interesting facts Day 2-Meaning [...]

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The Nutshell Principles

October 20, 2011

The Nutshell Principles 1. Start very small. 2. Do only one change at a time. 3. Be present and enjoy the activity (don’t focus on results). 4. Be grateful for every step you take. via » How I Changed My Life, In Four Lines :zenhabits. Making change is not easy. Like breaking a habit, it [...]

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Five Reasons to Draw Small

October 19, 2011

Five Reasons To Draw Small 1. Doodling focuses your mind, giving you increased attention (even when it looks like you’re not). 2. You’ll increase your awareness- when doodling flowers, you’ll start to notice more aspects of a flower, the way that the stem tilts the flower, the way that the same petal shape varies with [...]

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Happy Bubbles for Romance Writers

October 13, 2011

via What every romance writer needs – Writers Write. These are my top picks from the “ten things every romance writer needs to stay ensconced in that iridescent, happy bubble of handsome heroes and happily-ever-after”. 2. Stock phrases. Keep a list of stock phrases pinned up at your writing desk. ‘There was a maddening arrogance [...]

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#Things Men Shouldn’t Text Each Other

September 30, 2011

Twitter / Search – #ThingsMenShouldntTextEachOther. My brother would get furious at our younger sister for calling him “gay”, “queer”, “fag”. She would make this a game when he had friends over. My poor brother would try not to rise to her baiting him. But, like anyone who is tormented relentlessly, he did come to his [...]

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Mobilize Your Creativity At ArtCrawl

September 27, 2011

In addition to a 2-Day artist retreat at NYU ITP (October 1 & 2), we’re inviting artists (of all backgrounds and genres) to join us for some plein-air drawing, painting, photography, film and whatever else strikes your fancy at three super-inspiring locations in NYC. Not a mobile digital artist? Well, that’s okay too.  “Analog” artists [...]

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Create your Cheerful Celebration List

September 25, 2011

Create your Cheerful Celebration list to give you small and big things to celebrate the little things in life or cheer yourself up when you’re a little down.  This idea comes from When I Grow Up. Go out for a latte and try something new. Spend an hour or more at the secondhand bookstore, shelfsurfing. [...]

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What I Learned About Doodling from Scrapbookers

September 24, 2011

Mainly this is about lettering, how to create fun, fanciful and pretty letters. These can be used to illustrate quotations. Or add a unique touch to other creative work you are doing. Think outside the box. Just get the basics and take off with your own imagination and favourite things. Start by drawing your letters [...]

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Writing as Discovery

September 23, 2011

“The process of writing fiction is totally unconscious. It comes from what you are learning, as you live, from within. For me, all writing is a process of discovery. We are looking for the meaning of life. No matter where you are, there are conflicts and dramas everywhere. It is the process of what it [...]

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Oblique Strategies

September 20, 2011

Feeling stuck? Looking for inspiration? Try drawing from Oblique Strategies, a deck of cards containing commands and phrases meant to inspire. Put together by musician Brian Eno and his friend, painter Peter Schmidt, and used while working on Eno’s 1975 album, “Another Green World,” Oblique Strategy commands include: “Try faking it!,” “Put in earplugs,” and “Listen [...]

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Have Faith in Your Ideas

September 14, 2011

Don’t beg, rather pitch properly: Let’s face it, if you actually have a great product or event, you will not have to beg anyone to show up. Only problem is, when ideas aren’t sold properly they devalue you and will most probably make anything you send to be overlooked. via Working with Bloggers | Joe [...]

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Making Your Dream Come True

September 13, 2011

We deal with fear, negativity and other obstacles then, one day, it just stops being the great dream we had planned, expected and hoped for. It doesn’t mean the dream has lost anything – the journey just got a little long or hard and we need to find the original joy we had from the [...]

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Going Beyond Words

September 10, 2011

From Conversation Agent: Write Killer Copy by Going Beyond Words These were my favourite points from the list. The whole post is very worth reading. (5.) Build on the desire to belong Why do young girls buy a Tiffany & Co. silver bracelet or necklace? Their desire to be fashionable and sophisticated comes at a [...]

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Give Yourself Permission to Fail

September 6, 2011

ladaisi: Meagan of The Illustrator’s Wife : Give Yourself Permission to Fail I happen to believe there’s a little bit of an artist in all of us. And artists are not of the stock who shrink back. So be bold. Be courageous. Take every major disaster and every tiny error, every wrong turn, every fragment of [...]

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25 Ways To Create

September 5, 2011

25 Ways To Create Your Own Endless Channel Of Creative Inspiration | A Big Creative Yes. I picked out three from the list. Others I like but had written about myself in one form or another. All are good ideas, ways and means of getting yourself back in the driver’s seat when it comes to [...]

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