Deliberate Creativity

Procrastination Required

Procrastination Required When you’re lying on the couch, procrastinating, what are you thinking?... Is it anything like…? Whoa! WHAT A WASTE OF TIME! or Wha... Read More...
Mental blocks

Mental Blocks to Creativity

Writers face many mental blocks to creativity. What's weird and disarming is that we each get blocked in different ways. So, here's what happens to me. I get wa... Read More...

An Interview with Julia

It's been pretty exciting over at the Write Without the Fight FB group. It seems a bunch of people listened to the following interview and got themselves of to ... Read More...

Self-doubt, Self-inflicted?

Doesn't matter if you're published, produced or award-winning, creativity comes with a side order of doubt. Doubt I recently read that Bono, of U2 fame, had w... Read More...

Hormones and Creativity

You probably think of emo teenagers writing depressive poetry when you think of hormones and creativity, but hormones drive our bodies - male and female - throu... Read More...

Why Bother to Write?

The #1 reason we don't "bother" pursuing dreams is we're not sure if it's ever going to be worthwhile. Is that your experience, too?  What is that Very Importa... Read More...

What’s Creative Thinking?

When you're thinking creatively - like to write, or draw, or solve a hard problem - what exactly is going on in your brain? You may think it is dark and mysteri... Read More...