100 Day Creative Challenge 71: Share Writers are like magpies. We collect ideas, Pinterest pictures, articles, photos, quotes, books. Writers also share. Writers love to talk about ideas, tell stories, help each other. We form writing groups, work with critique partners, attend conferences and retreats and consult with colleagues. Writing is a solitary pursuit, so […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 55: One Bite At A Time National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is an example of ‘one bite at a time’ writing. On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30. The goal of 1000 words a day is a manageable way […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 51: The Right to Write Quite a few years ago I taught a transition to study course for adults. Most of the students were people who left school at 15 years of age to work. They had all signed up to do a Diploma in Theology and had a few hundred […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 50: Just Do It! Anne Lamont famously wrote a chapter entitled *SFD’s in her book on writing, Bird by Bird. Lamont writes: The first draft is a child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 49: Creativity is Priceless I hear people say that if only they had more money they could really be creative. But, if we waited for money to create we’d never do it. What’s your definition of being rich? One of mine is being able to go into a bookstore or […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 48: Write Motivation Learning how we are wired and how we work is an important creative challenge and may just help us to get more done. I wrote my first book in a month. I’d finished work and dedicated a month to writing. I’d get up in the morning and […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 47: Creative Community I belong to what I term My Creative Community. I’ve formed friendships with people of all different ages, from all around the world who have become my community. Creativity feeds creativity. Sort of like that idea of iron sharpening iron. We all need to belong, to feel […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 46 God Jar Today I’m beginning my God Jar. It will sit on my desk as a reminder to put notes to myself in it that will represent my gratitude, prayers, dreams, problems and hopes for this year. I’ll fill it with post-it notes that I’ll read at the end […]
100 Day Creative Challenge Day 45 Write What You Feel When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you write about something, somebody says, ‘How do you feel?’ and you say, ‘Oh, I feel okay.’ Then you write about it, and you […]
