by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 24, 2014 | Creating, Writing
“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” —Orson Welles In an earlier post, I talked about backloading sentences, paragraphs, and scenes. Meaningful words at the end of these leave the reader with what’s important. And...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 17, 2014 | Creating
“The artist finds a greater pleasure in painting than in having completed the picture.” — Lucius Seneca. Do you dream of people buying your art masterpieces or reading your bestseller or attending your sold-out performance? Or do you picture the Most Creative...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Mar 13, 2014 | Creating
“Compared with what we ought to be, we are but half-awake.” —William James If we realized we had these habits we wouldn’t allow them to rob our creative work. But they’re so subtle most of us are unaware we partake in them to some degree. You’ve determined your...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Mar 6, 2014 | Creating
“All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.” —Henry Miller Sometimes a project droops like one of Dali’s clocks. Can you salvage the painting, the scene, or the children’s activity? When your creative work...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Feb 6, 2014 | Creating
“The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in seeing with new eyes.” —Marcel Proust You’ve worked hard on your creative work. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get more mileage from each project? I assure you, valuable hidden by-products wait...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jan 30, 2014 | Creating
“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.” —Thales You’re asked to share about yourself and your creative work. You start to write a blurb for a proposal or prepare for an interview. You realize you don’t understand yourself and what you do as well as you...
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