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Why unleash divergent thinking on the world?

Why unleash divergent thinking on the world?

My guiding theme this month is activating and expanding our creativity. Certainly there are many ways to do this, and what’s ideal for one creative mind won’t be timed well or presented effectively for another and their stage of growth. With creativity, it’s far more a matter of guidelines than rules. But however you slice it, play it, or try to sneak up on it, creativity generally involves divergent thinking. in a divergent thinking process, you don’t follow a single logic chain, you come up with a…

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Re-Re-Revised

Re-Re-Revised

Did you ever have one of those projects you thought was just about done . . . except you needed to adjust this one thing. And then that one thing led logically to another. And after that you discovered an excellent new technique and it would apply to this current project, so now if you just revamp these bits . . . . Eventually it HAS to end. In this case I’m talking about the novel I am THIS CLOSE to having completely ready to start production. ON or before September…

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Writing is like . . .

Writing is like . . .

The Artdog Quote of the Week Especially for the “pantser,” I think: If you’re one of the brave souls who are persisting in the creative challenge to participate in Na-No-Wri-Mo (National Novel Writing Month), then you’ve already long since figured out this aspect of your writing process. To all writers everywhere, Good luck, and keep writing! IMAGE: Many thanks to Writing Sisters and E.L. Doctorow for this week’s quotation image.