Tag: creativity
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Using up Creativity?
Can creativity be “used up”? I ask this as part question, part theory, as I’ve been pushing myself relentlessly to finish a new manuscript before the RWA National Conference in July. Which means I’ve been putting in a minimum of about 5000 words a day, and on Saturday, actually got 9077 words written in one…
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Winter Writing Whining
Today it’s snowing. Again. A lot. Already this month we’ve had two terrible weeks of snow, including two days where my husband has even worked from home because the highways are so bad. Today is the second of those days. I find myself staring out the window and finding it hard to actually, you know,…
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Playing and Making Writing Fun Again
Well, this will probably feel a bit strange, but first, I’m going to send you away from this blog post, because I just read a great post that inspired this one. So, go check out: Dale Launer’s “Cure Writers Block” In case you haven’t checked it out already, he talks about where he thinks creativity…
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Five Ways to Break Through Creative Resistance
Okay, so I was thinking about it, and while last week’s post discussed my own desire to break through my own creative resistance and fear, I didn’t really address how others can do this, which is kind of like cheating. After all, if the post isn’t useful to you, what’s the point? So, first, let’s…