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Posts Tagged ‘creativity’
Add Your Own Twist
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing, writing advice on April 28, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Spill Over
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, community, creativity, Thoughts on April 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Joy is what made our species survive in the first place. If we’re rewarded, reinforced by it, then we continue doing it. We spill over. We become contagious. We get others on board.” — Jiaying Zhao
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That Felt Sense
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, AI, creativity, editing, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 25, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“A good editor brings accumulated taste, emotional response, and a felt sense of what’s working — and that felt sense is genuinely different from the pattern recognition that I do.” — Claude AI, as quoted by Tony Schwartz, when asked why the AI’s editorial feedback was not as useful as a human editor’s (and why the AI spent so much time straight up sucking up to the author in ways that were not only unhelpful but actively counterproductive)
Just one more reason why having a body is a good thing. To me, a well-written story feels like standing in a stream where all the water is flowing in the right direction.
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Just a Thought
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts on April 18, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.” — Bertrand Russell
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Be Tenacious
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, doing stuff, inspiration, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 14, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.” — Amelia Earhart
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Why Stop?
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »
A little advice from Guardian columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, to an artist feeling the pressures of AI and social media.
With the advance of AI, I feel my work as an artist is no longer respected. Should I just give up?
“Should I keep making art?” Even though it might not make money? Even though the algorithm might not value it? Even though all around me the slop marches on, I feel a growing carelessness in the culture, an indifference to craft – should I keep making art? To that, you might well answer: why would I stop?”
What she said.
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Infinite Possibilities
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts on April 4, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“It’s tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It’s the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption.” ― Gabrielle Zevin
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Permission Granted
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, art, creativity, inspiration, life, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »
“I gave myself permission to care, because there are a lot of people in this world who are afraid of caring, who are afraid of showing they care because it’s uncool. It’s uncool to have passion. It’s so much easier to lose when you’ve shown everyone how much you don’t care if you win or lose. It’s much harder to lose when you show that you care, but you’ll never win unless you also stand to lose. I’ve said it before. Don’t be afraid of your passion, give it free reign, and be honest and work hard and it will all turn out just fine.” ― Tom Hiddleston
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First Things First
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 30, 2026| Leave a Comment »
This is one of those quotes I may have posted before, but I don’t see it in a search and (importantly) it’s the sort of advice you can’t hear too much of as a writer, I think!
“If you’re going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.” ― Louis L’Amour
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In Art and Life
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 27, 2026| Leave a Comment »
This quote is from a musician, but I think it applies to all artists and heck, to people in general. Be you!
The only way you can move someone is by being someone. —Jacob Collier
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