Routine is important in your life in general. When approaching creativity rigidity and rules can often seem like a detriment, but routine, rules, structure, and rules play an important part in life, creativity, and writing. If you enjoy this episode, here are some others you might find interesting: On Shakespeare, On Writing First Drafts, On […]
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Getting back to writing is something that has been on my mind for a long time. Most of us love writing because of the depth we can express with it, but the act of writing is simple. And those who write are normal people. Each of us is sitting in our own little corner of
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Meaningfulness is something we are all seeking. Some things seem more meaningful than others on their surface. It is easy to get swept up in things we love, but some of those things we love are more important than others. Writing is something that gives me a lot of happiness and joy, but I know
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It hasn’t turned to fall yet. I wouldn’t say, not fully, at least. We’ve had a few cold days, probably in the fifties. I don’t really keep track of the temperature, except for how it feels on my skin. Today it is sixty-three, which places me in an odd predicament. Should I wear pants or
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Anxiety and creativity are opposites, which is an interesting thing because many people who are highly creative also deal with anxiety. Many writers have rituals they use to get into the mindset of writing, whether this ritual is dressing up in their fanciest clothes or have a cigarette and coffee. On this week’s episode of
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How to write a novel, You run into this problem all over the internet. Many people are looking for the best way to go about writing a book. Author David Stewart guests on this week’s episode of HTWG. David and I discuss such things as the components needed to make a good story, David’s writing
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Egocentrism is the idea that a person is unable to take another person’s perspective. Though baby and toddlers often come to mind first when this idea comes up, egocentrism is present in everyone. On this week’s episode, I talk about how egocentrism impacts writing. How does it play out? What should a writer do? How
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Short term memory capacity is limited. When reading, a person uses short term memory to understand, and the writer needs to take this capacity into account. Having deleted an entire episode, I, distracted by what I am reading rather than what I had planned, discuss connecting psychology to the scientific method to synthesis, cognitive science,
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Octavarium is album by the band Dream Theater. Dream Theater has crafted the album, Octavarium, so it circles around the single concept of the octave. By starting with this single idea of the octave, the created an album that is both complex and artistically unique. Can we do the same with writing? Some would say
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When I was younger, I had the perception that authors sat down to write books with no story outline and no plan for what would occur in the book. I thought it was the case that to do any planning beforehand would stifle the creativity of writing, making the story uninteresting and wooden in the
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