Tag: creativity
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Discipline and the Self
When lacking motivation… Nothing seems to get done. As a creative, motivation seems to be the key ingredient needed to well, create. Without the muse, we are listless, sitting with empty page, canvas, or whatever medium we operate in. As inspiration strikes, the creative expects a jolt of energy to carry us forward, to propel…
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Passage of Time
Leaves started to turn slowly at first. A spattering of trees here and there might turn a bright orange. Or red. Or yellow. In parts, maybe, the color would almost appear to be fighting against the green, snuffing it out rather than the other way around. Soon, though, soon the colors would explode. Seemingly overnight,…
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It’s Been a While… Again
Yes, it has. A few weeks this time. Let’s just say, that it has been a weird struggle for me these last few weeks, taking me much too long to get over whatever this latest problem was — this latest drought of productivity in writing. This latest bout with that demon called writer’s block (also…
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Old Stuff
Yesterday I grabbed an old case that I was keeping notes and things related to writing in. I am trying to revisit old methods of notetaking that I used to use, anything to do a better job than I am doing now. As I am looking through it though, I found countless sheets of paper…
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Enter Fall
This always happens. As soon as I begin to prove myself capable of the who writing every day and maintaining a stable word count, I want to do more. Lists of goals, plans, ideas, and all such things flood my brain on a regular interval. It’s the curse of being a creative type. A typically…
Jeremy C Kester 