#creativityandwritinglife — Public Fediverse posts
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Why Artists Owe the Work and Not the World
The artist’s responsibility is not to repeat what’s been done, but to become fully themselves by following wherever the work leads.
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How Stillness Can Help Us Write Powerful Scenes
Sitting still with minor physical discomforts builds mental strength that, applied to your writing, helps you write emotionally difficult scenes.
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Be So Good the Robots Are Irrelevant
It’s easy to become nihilistic and pessimistic when thinking about the arts and AI. To recover your optimism, return to the simple idea of play.
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Imposter Syndrome Is Not a Disease or Abnormality
Even successful writers fall prey to self-doubt. Here are a few ways to strengthen yourself if and when you hear that voice in your head.
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Notice What You Notice About the World Around Us
"Noticing what you notice" helps you identify your authentic material and produce work no one can ever copy.
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What Three-Star Reviews Really Mean for Authors
Readers who give three stars are often responding to the intersection between their expectations and the book—not the book’s inherent worth.
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Why ADHD Writers’ Brains Are Like Lions (and How to Harness Their Power)
By learning to embrace the nonlinear nature of the ADHD brain, you can learn to write with more ease and less frustration.
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How Taking Time Off Helped Me Finish My Book
Working on a book with a refreshed, rejuvenated mind, even if only for a short time, is far more conducive than slogging through exhaustion.
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When the Comments Section Is Challenging
A stranger wished her dead for writing about empathy. Reflections on the price women pay for publishing their thoughts—and reclaiming it.
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The Glimmers You Find While Chasing the Whale
While in pursuit of our writing goals, the serendipitous experiences along the way might be just as meaningful as landing the big fish.
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How a 100 Rejections Challenge Prepared Me for Life’s Biggest Rejection
A slew of literary rejections helped one writer develop the perseverance needed when a failed marriage left her urgently seeking a new job.
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Discovering My Brain’s Native Language
An AuDHD writer considers where her mind’s fragmentary and circular style of expression fits in a paradigm of linear storytelling.
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Knit One, Revise Two: What Being a Knitter Taught Me About Writing
Knitting and writing both teach us that mistakes can be instructive. Every dropped stitch, every tangled subplot is an invitation to learn.
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How Creativity Survives in an AI Monoculture
One writer suggests that the antidote to ‘AI Slop’ is to bring our endlessly eccentric selves, resulting in idiosyncratic, unique outputs.
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Using a Workshop Experience Inventory When Workshops Go Wrong
If a workshop ever left you feeling defeated, reflecting on it in a systematic way will get you back to writing sooner and with more confidence.
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Claiming Headspace for Your Writing Life: Lessons from Aikido
One writer who’s also a martial artist finds that success in either practice requires commitment and courage.
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Own the Title of Writer (Don’t Add “Aspiring”)
Consciously thinking about yourself as a writer—rather than an aspiring one—is the first step toward shattering self-limiting beliefs.
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3 Keys to a Successful Writing Accountability Partnership
One writer found that regular check-ins with a writing buddy have encouraged both of them to make progress than ever before.
https://janefriedman.com/3-keys-to-a-successful-writing-accountability-partnership/