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We’re moving!
HI everyone, This blog is getting a makeover! I’ll be hosting a very similar blog at creativelythink.wordpress.com. It’s all about writing and other forms of art and creativity, especially in how genres work together and blend, such as writing with … Continue reading
“Analysis will never trump feeling” …in music and poetry
On January 30, 2014, NPR published a short report called “4 Ways to Hear More in Music.” Recently at Full Sail, I hosted a workshop for students that covered basic poetry and memoir-writing concepts. One student asked if writing a … Continue reading
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Poetry Under a Tree and Shocking Me
The best poetry doesn’t have to be written under a tree. It doesn’t have to shock through graphic violence or sex. It can shock through a sigh. Take the poem “The Cucumber” by Philip Nazim Hikmet: The snow is knee-deep … Continue reading
Expectation vs. Reality in Writing
http://humormadness.com/expectations-vs-reality-29-photos/2/ 500 Days of Summer (2009), Dir. Mark Webb, starring Joseph Gordan-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel In life, we have expectations every day. For optimists, they’re positive: they expect a productive day at work, compassion from their significant others, and that … Continue reading
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Tagged first drafts, groups, motivation, process, procrastination
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NPR’s Recommended Books of 2013
NPR’s Recommended Books of 2013 This is a really cool, interactive “list,” if you will, of books that NPR thought to be the best of 2013. I highly recommend checking it out.
Can we be inspired by social networking?
I’m a social-networker. Scratch that. I’m just a Facebooker. I must check Facebook at least ten times a day. I’m one of those people for whom Facebook may be replacing my social life, but that’s a post for another time, … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Writing Prompts
Thanksgiving Writing Prompts These Thanksgiving writing prompts come from blogger Bryan Cohen. Check ’em out!
“Sometimes you need to eat a pound of chocolate and it’s not good for you, and sometimes you have to eat a salad and sometimes you need to eat a huge steak.” -Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie
Music and writing have many connections. Often, song lyrics are compared to poetry, and, just as often, the poets get offended. Billy Collins said it best in a recent interview on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me (2013) and in a Q&A … Continue reading
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A writer falls …
A writer falls in love with an idea and gets carried away. -Doris Lessing
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That is what le…
That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve known all your life, but in a different way. -Doris Lessing
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Full Sail University Creative Writing for Film and Digital Cinematography 