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Creating Dangerously, and National Novel Writing Month

November 1st, 2007 by M.T.

So.
I’ve gone and done it.
I’ve signed up for National Novel Writing Month,   otherwise known as NaNoWriMo.  The premise is simple: Masochistic writers sign up to write a 50,000 word work of fiction in 30 days. 
Getting that much done in such a short time means forced writing. It requires writing badly, as […]

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Murder Your Darlings: Dangerous Creativity Meets Rosemary’s Baby

June 12th, 2007 by M.T.

 
 I’ve forgotten where I first ran across the  brilliant, dangerous advice to “Murder Your Darlings, “ but I’m in good company, it seems.  A quick web-search shows that it’s been attributed to Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Twain, Wilde, and about a quadzillion other word-smith serial-killers. 
The most likely source is Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, who, in 1914 or so, […]

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Dangerous Creativity: Five Points To Remember

May 11th, 2007 by M.T.

Look for the darkspots: Seek out the shadowed corners of your life, your psyche, your worldview. Poke around in the crawl spaces. What hasn’t been exposed to light? What hasn’t been revealed? What are you or others afraid to look at? Shadows do hide horrors at times, but they also hide […]

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Dangerous Creativity: Tackling "Too Difficult" Ideas.

May 10th, 2007 by M.T.

Last night I cracked open another of Eric Maisel’s books (this time, Fearless Creating) and surprise! I related. His books are aimed at artists of all types: writers, painters, dancers, musicians, filmmakers, but his insights into creative psychology is applicable to everyone - everyone creates, at some level.
Randomly, I opened […]

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