by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 12, 2013 | Creating
“Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.” — Les Brown You want to help others, but you’re drowning in getting everything done for your own creative work. I experienced this early in my writing career. Then one day, I knew the answer to an author’s...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 5, 2013 | Creating
“If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.” — Mary Kay Ash You trudge to your office or studio or nook and dread the next task in your creative work. Not a business-side task, but the actual creative work. The “fun stuff.” You wonder how...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 29, 2013 | Creating
“Our job in life is not to be successful, but to be faithful.” — Billy Graham You have a dream or calling. You have failures and too few successes. You harbor resistance and discouragement. You ask yourself, “Will I ever be a __________?” My question was: Will I ever...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 8, 2013 | Creating
“Perhaps the greatest psychological, spiritual, and medical need that all people have is the need for hope.” — Billy Graham When you hear a song, view a painting, or read a story don’t you want to be moved? Don’t you want your experience to be worthwhile—to understand...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 1, 2013 | Creating
“What is art but a way of seeing.” — Thomas Berger We know most of the standard suggestions for brainstorming, such as no analyzing, no judging, and no discussion. But if we look closely at our brainstorming exercise we may notice the ideas often fall into an...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 25, 2013 | Creating
“Creativity is more than mere imagination. It is imagination inseparably coupled with both intent and effort.” — Alex Osborn Loving your creative work isn’t enough to guarantee you’ll impact someone else’s life. Try these three behaviors that together will strengthen...
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