Category: Writings
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Creative Reflections: Weekly Edition – 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: Weekly Edition – 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…
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5 Essential Skills to Develop as an Artist
These skills will give life to your work In my previous two essays, I discussed the 7 Elements of Art Every Artist Should Know and 9 Essential Principles of Drawing Every Artist Needs To Know. The concepts talked about in those essays work in tandem with learning the necessary skills to become a great illustrator.…
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Creative Reflections: Weekly Edition – Issue #20
Reflecting on Week 18 of 2025 Week 18 was a little weird. I traveled to a friend’s wedding, so I couldn’t do everything that I wanted to do this weekend. That’s not a bad thing. I needed the vacation. So I didn’t achieve everything that I wanted to achieve. But I’m not mad about it.…