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July 30, 2019 1 Comment

Ep 209: Curiosity, Creativity, Productivity: Three Pillars to Building Your Best Writing Life

Curiosity, Creativity, and Productivity: Three Pillars to Building Your Best Writing Life (Ep 209: Ann Kroeker, Writing Coach)

[Ep 209] Each week I claim that writers are discovering ways to reach their writing goals—and have fun—by being more curious, creative, and productive. And each week you may be thinking, “Really?” Yes, I really do believe these three traits or these three values can drive you forward to achieve your goals—and have fun along the way. They are values I myself … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast, writing Tagged With: creativity, curiosity, productivity, Three Pillars to Your Best Writing Life, traits of a writer

January 23, 2015 Leave a Comment

The Creek Bed of Creativity – Interview Excerpt

My friend Elizabeth Marshall asked to interview me about my recently released book On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life that Lasts, co-authored with Charity Singleton Craig. Here's a snippet of our conversation: Elizabeth: Refueled. I like that. Tell me more. Ann: I recently came across a quote attributed to Anne Lamott: “Sometimes you’re not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, writing Tagged With: creativity, creativity & writing, writing

January 11, 2012 6 Comments

Curiosity Journal: January 11, 2012

Each Wednesday I’ve been recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the previous week using these tag words: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. Now I'm testing a slimmed-down version.:::ReadingI started Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best, by Eugene Peterson. In light of New Year's Resolutions and other hopes of pursuing goals and dreams, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, Curiosity Journal Tagged With: concentration, creativity, oatmeal, steel cut oatmeal, Tony Buzan

December 28, 2011 8 Comments

Curiosity Journal: December 28, 2011

Each Wednesday I’ve been recording a Curiosity Journal to recap the previous week using these tag words: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. Now I'm simplifying the journal, to see if I like a slimmed-down version. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, Curiosity Journal, family Tagged With: creativity, curiosity, goal-setting

December 27, 2011 21 Comments

Season of Creativity

Heavy, wet flakes of snow are dropping steadily from the sky today, weighing down branches, muffling sound. The girls are playing a CD of a singer whose mellow voice is new to me. I have brewed loose tea in my blue-and-white Spode teapot, poured it into a Christmas cup, stirred in a teaspoon of honey, and begun to sip it down smooth. I figure I can use these cups with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity Tagged With: creativity, creativity & writing, l.l. barkat, Rumors of Water, sketching, writing

August 9, 2011 17 Comments

Curiosity Journal: August 10, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you’re keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. Reading Luci Shaw's Breath for the Bones includes a chapter on Paying … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, life, lifelong learning Tagged With: Breath for the Bones, cicada killer wasps, cicada killers, creativity, curiosity, Curiosity Journal

July 6, 2011 12 Comments

Curiosity Journal: July 6, 2011

Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting and writing. :::Some of you have mentioned that you're keeping a Curiosity Journal, as well. Leave your link in the comments so that we can visit and enjoy your weekly review. Reading I finished The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: creativity, self-discovery Tagged With: creativity, curiosity, Curiosity Journal, Happiness Project, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

August 7, 2010 23 Comments

Vocabulary Building – What’s the Word?

While sorting books, I came across Debra Bell's The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling and starting thinking about vocabulary and vocabulary building as it relates to communication, education, writing and editing. The following section, taken from page 23, fascinates me: Care to hazard a guess as to the sources of each of these vocabulary lists? LIST … [Read more...]

Filed Under: lifelong learning Tagged With: creativity, self-discovery, vocabulary, vocabulary building

March 25, 2008 Leave a Comment

The Blessing of Boredom

"I'm bored," a child whines. Oh, no! Quick, pull out the paints or Playdough—heaven forbid the child actually sits with nothing to do. In our entertainment-obsessed society, we almost panic at the thought of having nothing to do, at being bored. The world seems to want to fill every spare moment with productivity or fun. But is boredom such a bad thing? Could boredom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: children, creativity, lifelong learning, mind, parenting, self-discovery, simplicity, slowing, writer, writers, writing Tagged With: Art, bored, boredom, creativity, thinking, writing

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