Everyone that I speak to has a desire to write a book. When I ask them what they will write about I usually get I don’t know, I just feel like I should write a book. If you are in the same place, I have several suggestions for you to help you get started as [...]
In a conversation with someone I just met, we were talking about all of the changes that had taken place in the world around us over the past few years and how we needed to update and adjust so the information we were using was current. It would be fun to take a topic and [...]
“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes…but no plans.” Peter F Drucker If you are talking about writing that book you feel is inside you but have not made a commitment to getting started you are just talking. It is time to get started. You have many tools in the resource area [...]
Though many of us complain we don’t have enough time to create, the reality is, if you were given a whole day free, or even half a day, would you actually spend it in a full flow non stop gushing outpouring of creativity? Or would you have to first make sure you were up to [...]
We’ve all experienced times when we feel we’re all washed up and dried out of new ideas and pushed face first against an impenetrable wall, whether this lasts for a few moments, or a few weeks, or even longer. image: suburbanslice There are many practices we can put in place to ensure that these kinds [...]
Occasionally there are things that happen in life that seem unfair and very underhanded. You can take those events and use them in your stories to enhance what you are having your characters experience. This will make your story more believable and many people will be able to connect with your character(s) and what they [...]
Ideas are the starting point for all creative projects. No ideas means no creativity! So here’s a very effective way of using your senses to give you a plentiful flow of new creative ideas: It’s all too easy to forget we have five senses (at least!) through which we experience the world. Our senses are [...]
Every creative project and every invention ever brought into being began with a single idea. Without ideas we have no raw material to work with, no starting point, and no hope of being creative. By using an Ideas Journal you can help yourself have a steady stream of new creative ideas, and the more you [...]
Do you struggle to have enough good creative ideas? The trouble with creative ideas is they’re often a little shy. And a little nervous. They need coaxing and encouraging, and don’t tend to rush up in a clown costume with blaring trumpets going “LA LA LA we’re heee-errrre!” to any party they’re invited (or not [...]
Food has so many influences in our lives that you can write about it from many different angles and have every one of them connect with your reader. Their are so many recipe books but always a need for more. Describe your favorite food, how it made you feel when you were sharing it with [...]