How Creative People Solve Problems
My career’s in marketing. And if you too work in marketing, you know that most (if not all) received requests are delivered as a do-this command. What’s frustrating to a creative person about this approach…
Tag: Creativity
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5 Ways to Write Without Writing
You have days where there just isn’t a minute to spare for your writing. You also have days where it’s socially unaccepted to bring out your pen and stack of paper to write. And you…
5 Tasks to Complete Before Editing Your Writing
Congrats! You just finished writing the last work in your latest masterpiece, be it your novel, short story, poetry collection, play or screenplay. Now what?
7 Ways to Get Your Productivity Back After a Holiday or Vacation
The dreaded day of going back to work after a holiday is here. Just thinking about all that you have to get done this upcoming week urges you to pull the covers up further over…
4 Ways You Can Be Creative on Command
Sometimes, creativity is a choice. You miraculously have the afternoon free to take on your creative project, be it writing, painting, crafts or whatever else lets you be expressive. Sometimes, creativity is not a choice.…
Making Camp NaNoWriMo Work When Life Doesn’t
Here’s how Camp NaNoWriMo goes for me: I pick out a writing project that I’m psyched to write, yet I find myself with the mantra “I’ll start it tomorrow” because of work and family commitments…
20 Ways to Write More Throughout the Year
You can’t search for ways to write more as if each day of the year is the same. Some days are longer or shorter than others. Some days are warmer or colder than others. Some…
7 Things to Write When You’re Stumped
Is writer’s block suffocating your writing process? Just not sure what to write next? If you could use an idea (or seven) to get your story unstuck, keep reading.
When Should You Share Your Writing? 5 Questions to Ask Yourself
Think of a story that you loved reading. Remember how hard the protagonist worked towards the goal? Remember the hardships the hero had to face and conquer before a resolution was reached? Did you stop…