“Be kind and fun to work with. Be honest, but never cruel. Tell people when their ideas are good and mean it.” — Brad Neely‘s advice for artists
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Posts Tagged ‘creativity’
Like a Good Human
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, advice, creativity, Thoughts on June 1, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Love Made Real
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, cool projects, creativity, inspiration, star wars on May 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »
I love seeing people bring joy to life, whether it be through writing, art, food, or… cardboard? Yes, cardboard!
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One Small but Important Thing
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, creativity, inspiration, non-fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 26, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Today I want to share a fun non-fiction essay by one of my favorite fiction writers, T. Kingfisher. It’s about history and gardening and passion, real-life inspiration for fiction, and heroes saving one small but important thing.
History, Discovery, and the Quiet Heroics of Gardening – Reactor
So what does all this mean, for a writer? Well, it may not be holding the bridge at Thermopylae, but I keep coming back to how many gardeners end up saving a small piece of the world. Whether it’s a food from a lost homeland or a cultivar that is about to vanish from the earth, so often it comes down to one person who kept something small but important from being lost forever.
May we all be so heroic.
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Our Business Is to Create
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 23, 2026| Leave a Comment »
If you’ve ever read a book and thought, “I will never write anything this good,” and feel the urge to give up your own creative efforts, this article may be for you:
The thing every writer needs to overcome – Big Think
It’s common to feel embarrassed, shy, and self-conscious when we are writing. It’s easy to feel the need to be different when someone else has done it so well already. But, as the saying goes, the woods would be very silent if the only birds that sang were those who sang best. So, sing anyway. Sing badly, sing well, sing as much as you can… The point was never to out-sing the nightingale; our “business is to create.”
What also helps? Not taking myself too seriously!
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It’s Never Too Late
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, do good things, inspiration, Thoughts on May 19, 2026| Leave a Comment »
I find this inspiring:
“You don’t do good things because you are a good person. It’s the other way around. You become a good person by doing good things.” — Rutger Bregman
It shows you the path, and tells you that it’s never too late to walk it.
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Keep Dreaming
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 14, 2026| Leave a Comment »
There’s always a dream within a dream within a dream. — Dolly Parton
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What to Write Next
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, art, creativity, inspiration, Writers, writing on May 12, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Entertainment and Connection
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, art, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Your fans, the ones that exist and the ones you have yet to make, will appreciate that what they get from you is from you. That’s what people mostly want from art: Entertainment and connection. You will always be able to do that better than ‘Al.’” — John Scalzi
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Meaning and Purpose
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts on May 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. — Pablo Picasso (attr.)
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Write Your Own Rules
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, art, creativity, rules, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 9, 2026| Leave a Comment »
It’s understandable that a lot of beginners at any art want rules for how to do it. But there comes a time when one has to make one’s own choices about how one’s art is structured, how it’s executed, what you want it to do. There is no rulebook that will help you with that, you just have to step up and decide. That’s scary! But there’s no getting around it. — Ann Leckie
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