Go After It With A Club
You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club. Jack London If writers, if artists, if creators of any kind only waited until they were inspired to create then they might not have produced anything. It took Michaelangelo four years to paint...
A Guide To The 4 Stages Of Creativity
Creativity. The word conjures up images of glorious colors in paintings or the emotions of music or the adventures of words on a page. Even photos and crafts come to mind when we think of creativity. But it’s more than that. Creativity is the genius that...
Use This Line For A Creativity Prompt
I love the movie The Hunt For Red October. A young Alec Baldwin played Jack Ryan and Sean Connery as the defecting Russian sub Commander. Tense sea battles, a satisfying ending, and a line that sticks in my head. “You arrogant ass. You’ve killed...
I Was Never Kinder To The Old Man
The 19th is a special number for me. Important things happen on that day. One August (1991) it was when I was hired at a company that I worked at for 25 years. In May it was both a day that I quit smoking (2002) and got married (2011.) In January it was the birth of...
Who Is The Woman In The Picture?
It’s 1941. Probably late spring. The Great Depression is ending and it’s just before the start of World War II. A young woman steps off a porch…what’s her story? Who is the woman in the picture? I know who that woman is and I can tell you...
It Would Be The Last Time
This is an old creativity prompt. I might have gotten from Writer’s Digest or somewhere else back in the day. The prompt was to just write as many lines as possible that started with “The last time…” I changed it up a little bit and added to...
How Will You Write This Story?
There have been millions of soldiers, in thousands of wars. But each has their own unique story. How will you write this story?
Can You Handle This Scary Prompt
Let’s celebrate Halloween with an appropriate creativity prompt. I love it when you can find stories in nature. This creativity prompt is a picture that I took last year during an autumn full moon. I was actually taking a picture of the full moon and...
What Do Hamburgers and Creativity Have In Common?
What do hamburgers and creativity have in common? I’ll tell you — Louis Lunch. Yep. Louise Lunch, where hamburgers began. Don’t try to argue with me on this one. According to Atlas Obscura, the Library of Congress even says so. Today’s...
