Whether your a twitter follower (@DailyCreativeWr) or a facebook fan (https://www.facebook.com/seawritemedia) or just one of my loyal friends, here’s the place where I get down and dirty and actually write. Here’s the place where you’ll find travel essays and poems, book excerpts and the fruits of short writing exercises. Maybe I’ll post the pages of the screenplay I’ve been working on since college (hint: it’s about a catastrophe involving the Chunnel) or a paragraph or two of orphan description or dialogue in search of a story to call home. It’s all here. Please let me know what you think, I’d love to hear from you!
By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer We’ve all earned a day off I’d say, but nevertheless, I thought I’d stop by here quickly and urge you to rethink your priorities and responsibilities as we head into a holiday weekend that’s all about freedom, rebellion and dumping tea into the sea. Claim your […]
Read more "Declare Creative Independence"Friendly Advice and Friends in the Know By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer I’m not a great schmoozer – I should admit that up front. And while most people who see me in action – either professionally or socially – find it hard to believe that I am actually quite shy, the […]
Read more "A Writer’s Life You Can Be Proud Of"Casting a Net By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer What do you do when you don’t want to do anything at all? I don’t know about you, but lethargy is my Achilles heel – it’s the obstacle that’s so difficult to overcome in part because you can’t even muster enthusiasm for the […]
Read more "Battling Demons, Doldrums and Doubt"What you leave out is just as important as what you leave in. By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer I love detail. I bet you already knew that just by skimming a couple of my previous blog posts. I revel in description, and whenever I tell a story – written or verbal […]
Read more "Between A and B"The truth is, we writers aren’t always going to succeed, we we can’t let failure keep us from the page.
Read more "Dealing with Failure and Misplaced Ambition"“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” Nora Ephron (May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer This is what I remember…wandering down the silent stacks of the university library, searching for a screenplay to read and review as part an assignment […]
Read more "Don’t Forget to Feed the Animals"By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Have you found your tribe? This quote by Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin in last month’s Rolling Stone magazine seems apropos in light of yesterday’s entry on blooming where you’re planted. “I have names for those writers: I call them architects and gardeners. […]
Read more "Knowing Your Writer’s Self"What do you say this summer we all start a writing project? Nothing fancy. Just something to do during those moments of peace; those sunny pauses.
Read more "Summer Vacation"Starting – or Restarting – at the Beginning. By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Now that I’ve put The Right to Write behind me – and am almost done with Bird By Bird – I thought it made sense to pick up another old favorite: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg. […]
Read more "Reboot and Reclaim"By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Another hectic Monday and I don’t when I’m going to find the time to write (beyond my daily morning pages, of course!). Catching up after a week out of the office means meetings and emails…so many, many emails. Life goes on, and the pace only quickens […]
Read more "Tackling Tricky Little Ideas"
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