Five Different Ways to Get the Creative Juices Flowing

Many suggestions for encouraging creativity involve writing prompts. While writing can clear out the mental clutter, sometimes a different kind of activity is needed to ground you. The following post offers different ways to engage your creativity other than the written word. Legos Legos have become a major toy franchise, with co-branding, several movies, and…

How to Develop a Regular Writing Habit

The best way to avoid burnout and increase productivity is to develop a daily writing habit. Many people panic at this idea. Daily? As in every day? Every single day? Who has time for that? Well, you do. Everyone does. It’s not a matter of carving out three hours, skipping meals, or waking up at…

Nine Steps to the Art of Practice

Like many middle-schoolers, I had the opportunity to choose an instrument and join the school band. My parents vetoed my drumming dreams, so I ended up trying the clarinet. (It wasn’t the same.) As part of the agreement for participating in band, I was required to practice for half an hour every day. So every…

Learning How to Play Again in Multi-Media Production

When it comes to apps, programs, and hardware, no one seems to play anymore. Instead, we look up information on websites to learn exactly what we need to do in order to solve whatever question or problem we might have. WikiHow guides us with step-by-step instructions. YouTube hosts both professional and amateur tutorials on just…