Dahlias are a wonderful and magical plant: if you want the plant to produce more flowers, you harvest the flowers. For every bloom you cut, two more pop up in its place. Creative ideas work the same way. When we have ideas for projects, artworks, essays, novels, we’re often tempted to hold on to them,Continue reading “Harvesting Flowers”
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Write What You (Don’t) Know
Those of us who write have heard the phrase, “Write what you know.” But what do I write about once I realize I know nothing? A karate teacher of mine told our class once, “We don’t say we know karate.” She went on to explain what this meant. As I understood it, one can neverContinue reading “Write What You (Don’t) Know”
Embracing the Shitty First Draft
I didn’t come up with the idea of the Shitty First Draft, but boy do I find it helpful. (I think I might have read it in a book by Anne Lamott, here’s a great post about her writing advice.) Here’s how it works: Option1: I approach a creative project from the perspective of “ThisContinue reading “Embracing the Shitty First Draft”
Michelle Folk Johnson 