Watching What You Can’t Do
Knowing your limits gives you the space to focus on what you're good at, what interests you, and what you are driven to produce.
Screenwriting
Capturing Ideas
‘The faintest ink is better than the best memory’.
The importance of writing it down has its most profound effect when we’re talking about story ideas. Getting everything out of the head and into the physical space makes it real. And worthy of judgement.
Continue to Grow
There is a thrill in the endless techniques to learn, layered on top of simple principles, that add complexity, appeal, and connection to your writing.
Writing is Like Summiting a Mountain
With the many similarities between the sport of climbing and writing, there are several beneficial lessons to take from climbing that can be applied to the writer’s journey.
Pre-Project Procrastination
Many times the biggest hurdle to beginning a writing project is getting mentally prepared to be all in on this journey. There’s a moment before each project where you have this real talk with yourself about the honest accountability you need to hold yourself to.
Outlet Writing
Different forms of writing flex different creative muscles and skill sets. You learn little insights you take with you that become a part of your toolbox to use in any type of writing you practice.
15 Minutes
I’ve written before about Not Breaking the Chain, which is making a daily habit out of any specific task, in my case writing, by marking off each day when completed. String those ‘x’s together and you’ve got a chain. The longer the chain the more satisfying the