Stories like Star Wars can help children understand the mysterious world around them by using characters and readily comprehensible plots to present scary, complicated ideas like “the dark side” and dealing with the pressure to do what’s right in the face of what’s easy.
Read more "Silenced"Red carpets and glimmering statuettes are fun, but don’t let the haters convince you it’s all smoke and mirrors. Whether it’s a Hollywood blockbuster or a carefully crafted YouTube video, visual storytelling puts our lives and our experiences in context.
Read more "Don’t Get Oscar-Baited"As writers and artists, we understand our creations are the culmination of our feelings and experiences, but how many of us are truly mining our histories for gems and treasures to fuel our projects and our self-perception?
Read more "Your Past Can Be Your Creative Guide"When life’s messy, inspiration abounds but getting it all down on paper can be challenging.
Read more "Driving Around With A Car Full Of Books"Telescopic sentences present an opportunity for writers to transform simple scenes with detail and description.
Read more "You can win the battle of the run-on!"When approaching a creative work, turn your attention away from your goalposts and explore your motivations.
Read more "Coming from the “Why”"When, as a writer or creative, you find yourself feeling unmotivated, uninspired or just plain blocked, re-frame your perspective and keep an eye out for signs you’re on the right track.
Read more "Reframe it, Adjust It, Find a Fix"Through creative writing and storytelling, you can endeavor to increase your audience’s appreciation and acceptance of different people, different cultures and different lifestyles. And that altered viewpoint or perception can spark empathy and promote tolerance.
Read more "You Are Your Stories"What have you lost lately that’s waiting to be found? What’s irreplaceable that can be replaced? What seems like the end, but is really just the beginning?
Read more "Writing Into Wellbeing."When you’re starting out on a new adventure, trial and error are to be expected and you need to prepare yourself for some missteps and blunders. Instead of focusing on perfection and lamenting your mistakes, why not put extra effort into learning from your errors and finding a way to grow success from failure.
Read more "Dealing with Failure"
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