curation
Curation Corner: Austin Kleon’s approach to first drafts
He asks himself this question… And since I’m curating, bravo to Tim Denning for rounding up these writing tips from Austin Kleon.
Poetry
“Nothing is as close to magic as nature.”
Here are some tips from Writer’s Relief on writing nature poetry. Read its full discussion here. I’m thinking this list would work for prose, as well. Come to think of it, much of this applies to writing in general. But hey, that’s just me probably overthinking… Avoid the expected. Be Read more…
curation
Curation Corner: Twitter Resources for Writers
I sifted through this piece from hootsuite and I’m highlighting a few from its list. https://twitter.com/WritersDigest https://twitter.com/writing_tips The writer, Todd Clarke, caps the list with the following hashtags readers/writers can follow. #writing #amwriting #writinglife #spellcheckcannotsaveyou #writetips #writingtips #writingcommunity #grammar #LearnEnglish Hope you find some value here! Lift that pen and Read more…
creativity
Curation Corner: toasted-cheese.com
Picked up on this interesting site via my weekly Internet Scout Report. This link takes you to its calendar of writing topics/prompts, but check out the other menu items as well, including the Writer’s Excuse Bingo, which strikes me as potential Zoom meeting fodder for your writers group. [Note: Ignore Read more…
creativity
Curation Corner: Check out WritingRoutines.com
Whoa…the 100 Interviews page alone abounds with lessons and insights from successful writers, researchers, and award-winners. Some favorite topics covered: The trap of calling yourself a ‘writer’ [Neil Pasricha] Drawing to Spark Writiing [Dana Simpson] Carving out distraction-free creative blocks [Dr. Michael Greger] Declaring a ‘shut-down’ time [KJ Dell’Antonia] How Read more…
creativity
Curation Corner: You Can’t Write What You Wouldn’t Read
The latest from Jon Winokur’s Advice to Writers blog. Also, excerpted in The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing The most important thing is you can’t write what you wouldn’t read for pleasure. It’s a mistake to analyze the market thinking you can write whatever is hot. You can’t say you’re Read more…
Inspiration
Become an idea machine
This is a post from my other blog and it is just as applicable here. Become an idea machine
creativity
The power of warming up
So, here is a warmup for my discussion of ‘warmup’. It’s a quick brain dump [not my favorite term, by the way] to get some ideas rolling. It might be a typed list, since I’m currently [obviously] on my laptop, but it might evolve into a mind map in my Read more…
creativity
The Creative Self Workbook [free]
The Creative Self Workbook by Tina Essmaker Free from the 12th Annual Adobe 99U Conference
Humor
Finally! A completed writing project!
What are the best parts of this book being on the Amazon shelf? I finished a project! There’s nothing like seeing my book available publicly…to spotlight glaring necessary fixes. Offshoot projects resulted from this one. I have more time to create my mini-course on ‘acts of kindness’ writing.