Have you ever started a creative writing project with great excitement, only to have your interest dwindle as the process, itself, interfere with your creativity? How do you keep the momentum going and continue to enjoy the creative process? Follow these tips for high creativity, fun and success!
1. Create a writing environment that inspires you.
Create a place in your home or outdoors that calls you to write. Consider light, color, sound, scent, taste, writing materials.
2. Follow The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron.
I highly recommend this book. It keeps you focused, observant, playful, and creative - and it keeps you believing in yourself as a writer!
3. Choose your writing project in a joyful way.
When choosing a writing project, come from your heart - not your head. Be playful. Be creative about how you choose your project.
4. Make a creative representation of the project's ideal end.
Draw, paint - use a creative medium other than writing to represent the completed project. Consider, especially, how you will feel when it's done. Put your model in a prominent place. Use this to trigger the desired feeling, before the completion - every day!
5. Make a timeline with celebration points.
Make it visually appealing. Have a step-by-step outline and celebrate creatively as you complete each step.
6. Create an R&D Team for your project.
Contact a number of your friends, colleagues, and readers. Invite them to join your R&D Team. Send them snippets of what you write, questions you have about the process, or anything else you want input on - on a regular basis. Their input will keep you going.
7. Keep Creating & Editing times separate.
If you edit while you write, the process can become boring. Clearly block a specific amount of time for editing into your schedule. Don't let it interfere with your creative writing time!
8. If blocked, shake things up!
Do something fun, unusual, active! Get your mind somewhere else and move your body. Your creative side will work in your subconscious while you're at play. Read the tips in The Artist's Way. There are also many resources on the internet for handling writers' block. Check some of these links: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_block.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_block.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_block.html
9. Have a Fan Club.
Critics and editors are fine, but have a few friends or family members who you can ask to cheer you on or cheer you up, no matter what you write. Hire a Creativity Coach to keep you focused and to be an unbiased supporter of your creative success!
10. Celebrate in a big way!
When you reach the big finish, give it a big finish! Do something you've always wanted to do, but have never done before. Make the finish so memorable that you'll be eager to begin your next creative writing project!
About The Author
Ginger Blanchette is a Life and Business Coach who supports her clients to share their creativity. She works with professionals and business people who are ready to complete big projects involving writing and/or public speaking and to be recognized for what they do! Contact her at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_block.html or by email to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_block.html for a free sample coaching session.
Ashley limo service .. Lockport Chicago limo O’HareThe self-indulgent writer listens only to the mumblings of sycophants,... Read More
During the past few months I have received many questions... Read More
Started a book and then got bogged down? Like many... Read More
It's 6:00 p.m. You're dead tired, but instead of an... Read More
A book coaching client recently emailed me that she was... Read More
When we think of writing it triggers many thoughts and... Read More
One Saturday afternoon, I sat in a packed conference room... Read More
For any great novelist, defining your cast of intriguing characters... Read More
Not all writers write good grammar. That's a fact. It's... Read More
For many years, I've been a tutor for students undertaking... Read More
Creative Writing Tips ?I have said above that if a... Read More
Technology vendors often contribute bylined articles to trade journals. The... Read More
If you are looking for copywriter books, you'll want to... Read More
Creative Writing Tips ?We all tackle plotting differently. How you... Read More
So, you want to freelance as an editor, writer, copy... Read More
If you dread the thought of writing, if you fear... Read More
Ever wondered how the most successful children's book writers get... Read More
You may wonder why I have chosen this title of... Read More
Did you know that your back cover information is, after... Read More
For many authors just starting out, it can be a... Read More
Communication is effective when we follow certain rules. These rules... Read More
For those looking at the jobs listings for writers, they... Read More
1. Become an EavesdropperListen carefully to the way people REALLY... Read More
Finding the time to write a novel is one of... Read More
The first step in the writing process is to put... Read More
car service from Midway Arena ..LATER, LATTERLater means afterwards; latter is the second of two... Read More
When I asked new ezine subscribers, "What is your Number... Read More
I hate to admit this, but I rarely get an... Read More
Creative Writing Tips ?The writer, who doesn't have the time... Read More
Quite a few years ago, I enrolled in a Degree... Read More
Peter Mayle was born in England in 1939.His fascination with... Read More
Q. I'm staring at a blank screen with an equally... Read More
In the business of freelance writing, it's not enough to... Read More
You can turn your $200 fee to write a press... Read More
More Tips For New Writers (Part I)Explain in your own... Read More
ELICIT, ILLICITElicit means to extract or draw out; illicit means... Read More
Regardless of what sort of writer you are and how... Read More
Here's something from my mailbag. "Dear Michael, do you need... Read More
Yes, you know your subject. You also need to think... Read More
Connectors -- conjunctions, punctuation, and transitional phrases -- allow readers... Read More
Q and A.Best choice when subject is very verbal or... Read More
On the first day of a bright and shiny new... Read More
You sink back into your favourite chair with a new... Read More
The following answer sounds simplistic?but think about it. The single... Read More
Charles Dickens was born in Portsea, England, in1812. His father... Read More
Every writer eventually develops her own unique style of writing.... Read More
Writers often get stuck because they make assumptions about writing,... Read More
Just about everyone is familiar with this beginning: "In the... Read More
(This excerpt is taken from my new writing workshop Writing... Read More
Take out a white piece of paper and place it... Read More
Writing |