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"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"You don’t choose to be a writer, you’re anointed at birth, it is a beautiful and terrible benediction.
Read more "Yes, I Have No Widgets"We may all write alone, but that doesn’t mean we’re not all in this together.
Read more "Reboots and Restarts"What it means to be a “web content creator.” By Elizabeth Cutright Just a quick post today. The holidays are looming and I think for a lot of us the next few days will be “dead zones” where we do just enough to get by. Yesterday, I suggested that sticking to some semblance of a writing […]
Read more "Daily Life in the New Media Landscape"“Live a better life….tell better stories.” By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer So there ya go then… I should know what to expect whenever I delve into the comments section of Gawker (or any comments section for that matter), but I was still a little taken aback at all the snark directed […]
Read more "How the Efforts of a Few Can Annoy the Many"Writing When You Just Can’t By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Oh Monday, Monday…. the toughest day of the week. The 24-hour cycle that signals a new week, with new deadlines (or the ghosts of deadlines missed), new goals, and new challenges to overcome. Monday may be all about beginnings, but that […]
Read more "Ideas, Retrofits and Video Games"How to keep going in the face of an insurmountable word count… By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Oh NaNoWriMo….how I love and hate you so! As you all know, I’ve signed on to NaNoWriMo and, as such, am supposed to finish a 50,000 word novel by November 30th. I knew I […]
Read more "Begin With The End, And Don’t Forget to Smile"NaNoWrMo is bigger than 50,000 words. By Elizabeth Cutright © 2012 The Daily Creative Writer Why did I decide to attempt the NaNoWrMo project? That’s a good question. While I’ve always harbored fantasies of being a published novelist, the truth is that it’s been a while since a long-form narrative has sounded appealing. My life […]
Read more "Why Try?"It’s November 1st, have you started your novel yet? This month dawns on a weather beaten nation high on mini candy bars and waiting (somewhat) anxiously for Election Day. November 1st also happens to be the start day for NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo (let’s call it NNWM from now on, shall we? Those […]
Read more "Foolish Follies and Finished Novels"
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