Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Fiction, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Beginning is underrated. Merely beginning. With inadequate preparation, because you will never be fully prepared. With imperfect odds of success, because the odds are never perfect. Begin. With the humility of someone who’s not sure, and the excitement of someone who knows that it’s possible.”
— Seth Godin
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, oops, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 7, 2024| Leave a Comment »
This morning I tried a new recipe. It turned out… on the mediocre side of ok.
I made copious notes and version 2.0 will be better, but what I really took away from the experience was what I was telling myself throughout the bake: Something wasn’t right.
Turns out, I should have listened.
The result was a bit of a mess, but that’s fine. I get some of my best ideas when I’m working with an idea that, well, doesn’t work. Knowing what’s broken makes a project easier to fix. That applies to food and to art.
So, my takeaway from today, for both cooking and writing: trust yourself. Learn, experiment, use the Force, whatever helps you take that next step down the path.
It will be fine.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 5, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“In filling the well, think magic. Think delight. Think fun. Do not think duty. Do not do what you should do—spiritual sit-ups like reading a dull but recommended critical text. Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery.”
― Julia Cameron
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, persistence, quoteandaprettypicture on April 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“You’ve got to make the big time where you are.”
— Matt Lynch, University of South Carolina Salkehatchie Men’s Basketball Coach
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts on March 29, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“The more you are focused on time- past and future–the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.” — Eckhart Tolle
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #messyfeels, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Procrastination can get in anyone’s way but I’ve also noticed creative people in particular can get all caught up in their messy feelings about their work and whether or not the conditions are right for them to channel their muse. If working in journalism has taught me anything it’s that there is no “right” time and there are no “right” conditions; there is the time you have. You use the materials you’ve got. And the first precondition of getting anything done at all is trying to do it.
— Stephanie Convery
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts on March 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Don’t listen to anyone who doesn’t know how to dream.”
— Liza Minnelli
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, genre fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.”
— Neil Gaiman
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, quotes, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »
To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.
— Leonard Bernstein
I found this line at a fun site that serves up quotes based on your mood: APLIFT. And given my lack of time today, it fits.
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Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts, today not so much, Writers, writing on March 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »
It’s the weekend and I feel I should be using my time for creative work, but instead I have a long and growing list taking up space in the back of my mind (and on Post-its fluttering from desk to pocket to pile). This list includes both the ignorable (“clean basement, for real this time”) and the not so much (“Taxes!”).
So I’ll just go take care of that, shall I?
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