What gets you writing? What keeps you writing? I’ve tried it all and I’m willing to keep on exploring and experimenting. Here are the tools and the authors that have helped me and inspired me and brought me back to the page every time. Whether it’s Julia Cameron’s ouvre, or Anne Lamott’s little birds – they’re all here!
Awards are great, but it’s the cheerleaders who really deserve the prize. By Elizabeth Cutright One of the most interesting aspects of blogging turns out to be the one element I did not anticipate – the sense of community. Throughout 2012, I imagined, crafted, edited and posted almost 200 blog entries, and as the months […]
Read more "They like me…they really, really like me!"Interview With A Blogger (Part 3) (More from insight and inspiration from fellow bloggers) By Elizabeth Cutright Here’s the last in my series, “Interview With A Blogger.” (Part 2 here) If you’ve been reading so far, then you know the gist: I contacted several bloggers whose work I admired and asked them a series of […]
Read more "“Just Keep Making Content, No Matter What!”"How do you overcome scattered wits and compromised emotions? By Elizabeth Cutright This week I’ve been distracted. Not only are all the usual issues of daily life tugging at my feet, but unanticipated events are also throwing me for a loop. Unexpected lunch dates…Mis-calendared meetings (“you mean they’re waiting for me in the conference room […]
Read more "WWD: Writing While Distracted"Interview With A Blogger (Part 2) (More from insight and inspiration from fellow bloggers) By Elizabeth Cutright As I first detailed in my previous blog (Interview With A Blogger, Part 1), near the end of last year I decided that after almost 12 months of blogging, I still had a few questions. I wanted to […]
Read more "Time. Audience. Content."A new year with the Daily Creative Writer By Elizabeth Cutright Well… that was an adventure! I started out last year with one goal – to start a blog and use it to expand my writing routine. While I’ve always been a storyteller at heart, regular writing has been an inconsistent occupation. When you’re a […]
Read more "Reminiscing, Reflecting and Re-Committing"Overcoming a attitude and going “where the day takes you.” By Elizabeth Cutright The holidays have burglarized my time off. I’m missing those time outs, periods of self reflection, and that little extra moment when you take a deep breath and whisper “serenity now.” Needless to say, I envisioned a more productive vacation. I’ll be […]
Read more "Cajoling Your Muse"Asking questions and uncovering stories, one blog at a time. By Elizabeth Cutright (Part 1 of a Series) When you don’t know, ask. When you’re wondering, pose a question. And when you feel like you’re stumbling around in the dark, then – by all means – ask someone to turn on the light. A few […]
Read more "Interview with a Blogger"Navigating your office holiday party. By Elizabeth Cutright “I want to give a really BAD party. I mean it. I want to give a party where there’s a brawl and seductions and people going home with their feelings hurt and women passed out in the cabinet de toilette. You wait and see.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, […]
Read more "Drink And Dance And Laugh And Lie"Daydreams to dash the doldrums. By Elizabeth Cutright “We must enter a daydream – willing suspend conscious thought of reality with our eyes open – before we can experience the joy of reverie.” Sarah Ban Breathnach Oh those moments when you feel wrung out, strung out and left out. The holidays are upon us, and […]
Read more "The Secret Life of the Daily Creative Writer"Good Things Come in Twos By Elizabeth Cutright One is not always the loneliest number (especially if you’re at the top of Santa’s “nice” list), but just about everything is better when it’s part of a pair. Two glasses of wine? Awesome! Leaving work two hours early? Fantastic! Always quickly following up your first […]
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