I would like to welcome a new guest writer, Michael H. Fox, to Writer’s Fun Zone. Today Michael discusses music and writing, and how you can use music to help you write. Enjoy! *** Which...
Creativity Tools and Tips / Play and Games / Writing Tips / Writing Workshop
by Beth Barany · Published June 6, 2013 · Last modified June 3, 2013
Organizing a writing workshop, if even just for you, is a great way to schedule writing time into your otherwise hectic schedule.
Blogging and writing fiction can occur simultaneously to produce fantastic pieces of literature.
Courses + Workshops / Creativity Tools and Tips / Events
by Beth Barany · Published May 25, 2013 · Last modified May 23, 2013
Indulging in a summer writing creativity retreat is a great way to satisfy your Muse and spend time on your latest writing or creativity project.
Creativity Tools and Tips / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published May 23, 2013 · Last modified June 13, 2013
Mind and body synchronization while writing can produce better results than if using the mind alone. Keep your hand moving and keep the words flowing.
artist entrepreneur / Author Career / Author Entrepreneur / Creativity Tools and Tips / inspiration
by Beth Barany · Published May 6, 2013
A logical — and vital — relationship exists between passion and voice. It is very hard to be passionate about what you’re doing if you haven’t found your voice as an artist. Imagine being forced to sing an octave too high or an octave too low, straining to hit notes that you can’t really hit and that aren’t natural to you. It would be very hard to be passionate about singing in that situation.
Then there’s the idea that simply won’t go away. It lingers in the back of your mind and takes permanent residence there. So it was with my bullfight story.
We’re put on this planet, I believe, to have fun, and to share our unique and important message with the world. I have a Valentine’s Day gift to you — on women’s thought leadership from...
Creativity Tools and Tips / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published January 17, 2013 · Last modified January 18, 2013
This simple example is just to demonstrate how deep POV works. Of course, nothing is ever absolute, and deep POV can get much deeper than this when you’re working in your own scenes.
There are a lot of writers who have healthy relationships with their muses. They take their muses out on coffee dates and have long conversations at the beach while holding hands.
In the course of marketing my YA fantasy novel, Henrietta The Dragon Slayer, I’ve written posts on Kick Ass Heroines, Bad Girl Archetypes, the Wild Woman Archetype. To me these posts are about are...
What inspires you? Where do you get your ideas? Do you get these questions a lot? I do!
Here’s what I told them recently…
As you bring in the New Year and set the tone and day dream and desire, enjoy some inspiration and wisdom from funny man John Cleese. A video I found on BrainPickings by the brilliant Maria Popova — a wonderful weekly newsletter I just discovered:
Creativity Tools and Tips / Writing Craft / Writing Tips
by Ezra Barany · Published October 31, 2012 · Last modified October 30, 2012
What’s the single most important thing you can do before you write a single word of your novel for NaNoWriMo? Ask the right questions about the experience you want your readers to have.
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