Education
How To Master Anything, At Any Age
I’ve posted this at ednotions.com and retirerenew.com, but thought it belonged here as well. Click here for nextavenue.org’s exploration into each of the guidelines.
creativity
Curation Corner: Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing
Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing Thanks to Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings for this excellent page that includes Miller’s ‘daily program’. My favorites: Work on one thing at a time until finished. Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand. Forget the books you want to Read more…
creativity
Curation Corner: On sticking to your story, a daily 15 minutes, and chipping away
Don’t ever write anything you don’t like yourself and if you do like it, don’t take anyone else’s advice about changing it. They just don’t know. RAYMOND CHANDLER *** Write for fifteen minutes every day. Set a time in advance, set a timer. Try to write at the same time Read more…
baking
I should be writing. Instead, 30 recipes in 30 days
So, yes, much like the summer of 2010 when I was laid up after Achilles tendon repair, I, like millions of others, am experiencing ‘restricted routines’. Hey, gotta do the right thing for others, including our front-liners. No complaints here. And, as in 2010, it’s freed me up for another Read more…
creativity
Curation Corner: Bradbury, Goldberg, and Faulkner quotes
From the ‘Do as I share, not as I do’ department: When you write – explode – fly apart – disintegrate! Then give time enough to think, cut, rework, and rewrite. RAY BRADBURY From the ‘Cripes, I hate it when people make me feel responsible for my own life’ department… Read more…
creativity
Curation Corner: Showing up…
A recent item from Jon Winokur’s Advice to Writers… You Have to Show Up Every Day Sometimes you really have to shove and grunt and sweat. Some days you go to your office and you’re the only one who shows up, none of the characters show up, and you sit Read more…
creativity
Curation Corner: In times of uncertainty…
how creativity can help. Four key points from Diana’s citiesatdawn.com post. Creativity is a way to work things out. Creativity allows us a chance to see other possibilities. Creativity brings calm to our minds and bodies. Creativity opens the door to engaging our imaginations and going beyond ourselves.
writers horoscope
More fun with blackout writing…
Okay, maybe it’s not ‘writing’ per se. And I opted out of ‘black’ for the day… Let me know if you’re interested in the simple process to create your own blackout poems. These fun exercises are inspired by Austin Kleon.