What a Character
A fantastically developed character is one you never forget. Even from afar you can recognize all of its memorable features. Just for a moment, stop and think of some of your favorite characters of all time from books, movies, plays, etc. They will be the ones that...
You Got This
One of the hardest things in the world is just STARTING. We have no end to great ideas, but when it comes to finding the time, the energy, the will, even the desire to get up and get moving on those ideas - well, that's where most of us fail. It's not that we don't...
Writing on the Wall
As a writer myself, I can honestly say that I have lost count of the number of times that I have hit the wall called WRITERS BLOCK. No one is exempt from stumbling into that dreaded state of stagnation at some point in their creative process. It happens to everyone....
Location is Key
As I mentioned last week, one of the key ways to minimizing distractions when you are creating is to find a comfortable spot where you are pretty confident you won't run into someone you know. There is nothing...and I repeat, NOTHING...more annoying or...
Minimum is Maximum
We live in a very distracting world. As a creative, it is so ridiculously easy to come up with an excuse - any excuse, really - to avoid working on the project we know we are supposed to be working on. "A friend called and I had to take it..."" I have so many errands...
The Buddy System
Writers tend to be loners. It is just a fallacy of the art. We draw away for long periods of time with only our own thoughts and imagination for company. It is totally normal to find us blinking madly in the brightness of daylight because we have spent too many hours...
Not Yet Perfect
I love a good journal. No matter where I go, you can find a journal on me - somewhere - usually in my purse but just as often in my hand. I have a serious addiction to buying them. I keep an eye out for a good one every time I am out shopping. Like I don’t have...
Losing Laryngitis
Have you ever experienced laryngitis? How annoying is it when your voice just suddenly decides it doesn’t feel like working today? When laryngitis hits, no matter how hard you try to talk, your voice drops away to a whisper, and no one can hear what you’re trying to...
Hit Your Target
Every good creative knows their target audience – the group of people that are their tribe. When they write, when they speak, or when they create, they keep this audience in mind. To do this well, you have to have to have a clear picture in your mind as you create....
Be inkible.
Everyone is born creative. Now, I know some of you may read that and immediately think, “Um, Bran, that's not true. You’ve never met ______. They don’t have a creative bone in their body. They wouldn’t recognize creativity if it started dancing and singing show tunes...