How “new media” is expanding opportunity. By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Last week, I attended an event put on by Folio entitled “Amplifying Your Brand.” The purpose of the event was to introduce magazines editors to the challenges and opportunities provided by the changing media landscape – including CMS, cloud computing, social […]
Read more "New Seats and Bigger Challenges"A Story with 140 Characters By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Earlier this month, The Guardian asked a few well-known writers to draft a narrative in Twitter time – 140 characters for less. The results ranged from interesting to banal (and to, perhaps, cribbed – commentators were quick to point out that Jeffrey […]
Read more "Cut to the Quick…"What to do when you can’t always get what you want and you don’t know what you need. By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer I have a little story. A few years back, my friend and I took her two young sons on a outing to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. […]
Read more "Safari Suit Moments"The Art and Importance of Following Directions (Notes from the Writers Files) By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Scrawled in red across the front page, “E – I gave this a quick read. I’m pleased to tell you that I like your writing quite a lot. I’ll look forward to reading it […]
Read more "Scrawled in red…"Herding Cats and Counting Crows By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer In the last hour, I have been called upon to: Coordinate a last minute work trip to Los Angeles; Notify my friends that I cannot babysit as previously promised because of this last minute work trip to Los Angeles; Re-arranged my […]
Read more "When the feathers are flying, take it one bird at a time"