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Creativity according to: Keith Jarrett
‘You’re never in a secure position. You’re never at a point where you have it all sewed up. You have to choose to be secure
April 25, 2017
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2017 Live Writing Marathon 4 – Under the Surface
Sometimes it’s easy to take a superficial view and get fed up! No words being written becomes seen as a lack of activity. Not true!
April 2, 2017
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2017 Live Writing Marathon 3 – Blocked
Here we are – Saturday afternoon and I have not written a word yet today. I am stuck. Now, before I tempt you to think
April 1, 2017
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2017 Live Writing Marathon – 2
It’s early evening of the first day of the writing marathon. So far so good! I’ve been working, head down and writing for much of
March 31, 2017
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2017 Live Writing Marathon – 1. The starting line
Friday morning and time to start the writing marathon. This is the second time I have done a writing marathon. The first one took place
March 31, 2017
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Defining and Overcoming the Inner Critic
It’s having the courage to push forwards with ideas even when the inner critic is screaming in your ear. And that voice is laughing at
December 9, 2016
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kingfisher’s turn
A poem from the collection “It Begins Like This” (2014) I remember that tree, struck by lightning before I climbed it. The
November 23, 2016
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Knowing when to quit
There were only two series of “Fawlty Towers”. Two series of “The Office”. And so on. For many comedy writers it’s about knowing how to
November 14, 2016
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Improvisation in the Moment
This post was written before the results of the Presidential Election in the USA: I am sitting at the dining room table. It’s late afternoon. Thanks to
November 11, 2016
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A Body of Work for the Bin?
The concept of creating a body of work was a concept I had heard of before, but when I came across the book by Pamela
June 9, 2016
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