The Working Writer

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!

Coming from the “Why”

When approaching a creative work, turn your attention away from your goalposts and explore your motivations.

Reframe it, Adjust It, Find a Fix

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.

Writing Into Wellbeing.

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?

Dealing with Failure

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.

F. Scott Fitzgerald asks – Are you willing to pay the price of admission?

To Fitzgerald, a successful writer must risk exposure and evisceration and be willing to tear themselves apart for the reader.

A Little Spark of Madness

Just like the authors and artists who amaze and inspire, Robin Williams was a rare soul whose iconic roles transcended and amazed.

Skipping Out on the Creative Life

Sometimes you just need a break … a rest … a moment of silence. Sometimes skipping out on your “creative life” comes with the territory.

Writing in Wet Cement

In the wake of the Isla Vista Tragedy, the healing will take a while, but as Hemingway once wrote, we are all stronger in our broken places.

“Passion Makes Time To Pursue The Lover.”

“If we are passionate about writing… we will make room for writing with nary a thought to logistics.”

Observing Without Evaluating

As Carl Jung once said, “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”

the daily creative writer

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed…”