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 [...]
Anyone who creates needs a steady influx of new ideas. Everything every created, everything ever invented, began with a tiny gem of an idea in someone’s mind. Every single one began the same way. So it follows that if we don’t have any ideas to work with, we’re not going to be able to create [...]
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 [...]
Spring is just a great time of the year. You can watch trees, flowers, grass and people emerge from the harsh cold winter. Write about your favorite spring happenings and things. Have fun, remember the special feelings the season brought to you or brings to you. What great memories can you share?
“Thoughts create; therefore, whatever you believe in, you will experience.” ~Carol Tuttle You have more than 60,000 thoughts in a single day. That’s 60,000 chances every day to change your life. As you feed positive thoughts to your being, you become a powerful magnet to attract wellness and prosperity. Create thoughts of wellness, and the [...]
All of us have so many things in our lives that we can share with others that sometimes that creates a problem in deciding what to write about. The best idea I can give you about how to select is to pick your top 5 areas of interest and decide which one of those would [...]