Walking reassures me of the limitless nature of creativity.
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A Walk by the Lake
Walking, like creativity, starts with a risky venture into the unknown.
Fight the Future
If we don't #RESIST and fight the future, who will?
Top Ten Reads of 2019
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. This year I'm doing something I wish I had done last year: a list of my ten favorite books of 2019. Most of these books were published before 2019, but this is the year I read them. Several of these books have been referenced in previous Creative Life…
Get Out of the House
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. The title of this post doesn't refer to the 1979 horror film When A Stranger Calls. Instead I'm talking about, from time to time, scheduling a change of scenery. Long periods of deep focus are common with creative work. This is necessary and if you're struggling to stay…
You Might Be Alone
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. There is a romanticized image of the lonely artist, the tortured soul who courageously clings to a solitary vision while remaining misunderstood by the ignorant masses. Ayn (“Ayn the Pain”) Rand created an entire long-winded novel, The Fountainhead, around this image. The lonely artist is often portrayed in…
Insightful Examples of Inciting Incidents
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. I've been thinking a lot lately about inciting incidents and the different ways they can be used in fiction. An inciting incident generally launches the primary conflict or action in a story. Joseph Campbell referred to the inciting incident as a call to action. Sometimes our characters seek…
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