by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 18, 2013 | Writing
“Men are not moved by things, but the views they take of them.” —Epitectus We storytellers want our characters to be interesting, plausible, and memorable. But often our characters come across as one-dimensional. But with a little work, we can do two things that will...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 4, 2013 | Leading
“We have met the enemy and they is us.” — Ashleigh Brilliant We want people to love our creative works, but find critics dislike them. People refuse to look at or listen to or taste our works. Sure, critics are often wrong. But not always. Here are 4 questions to...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Mar 14, 2013 | Leading
“The public as a whole is composed of various groups, whose cry to us writers is: ‘Comfort me.’ ‘Amuse me.’ ‘Touch me.’ ‘Make me dream.’ ‘Make me laugh.’ ‘Make me shudder.’ ‘Make me weep.’ ‘Make me think.’” —Guy de Maupassant We work on a painting, presentation,...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Feb 21, 2013 | Creating
“Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” —George S. Patton Sometimes our brainstorming technique gets stale, and we need a fresh method to brainstorm a project. In a past post, I showed how to use a simplified form of mind mapping. If...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 29, 2012 | Leading
“Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.”—Ted Lange In another post on creating a memorable learning experience, I promised to talk more about storytelling. Last Thursday we focused on the story. This Thursday we’ll look at...
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