Category: Writings
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Creative Reflections: Issue #23
Reflecting on Week 21 of 2025 Stories are meant to stir us. The Emotional Craft of Fiction, p.132 Week 21 was interesting. I completed the initial design of my personal website (you’re here!). I’m not happy with everything, but it will do for now. I would like to learn more about web design and change…
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Why understanding your Why will bring clarity to your creative work
And how you can figure it out Having a strong emotional stake in the outcome of your actions is the secret to success. Not discipline. Not willpower. Before starting my creative journey and getting serious with my art, I didn’t know my Why. I was so focused on survival and stability, I didn’t take a…
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Creative Reflections: Issue #22
Reflecting on Week 20 of 2025 To become great, you must choose to allocate your time to your greatest opportunities. The 12 Week Year, page 128 Another not so great week. I think I’m in a slump. It’s not exactly burnout — I want to create. But one thing after another is hitting me like…
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Why Show Don’t Tell Is Misleading Advice For Writers
This advice means well, but it’s an oversimplification of how to write When I started my writing journey, one of the key advice I consistently saw doled out to newbies was: Show don’t tell. But for the uninitiated — the neophytes — that advice can be confusing. And not as simple as it seems. In…
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Creative Reflections: Issue #21
Reflecting on Week 19 of 2025 The future you are going to live is the one you are creating right now at this very moment.– The 12 Week Year, page 136 Week 19 wasn’t the week I wanted it to be. I didn’t achieve everything that I wanted to achieve for Week 19 so that…