writing tips

Sep. 10, 2011

How to Tell a Story

Matt Stone and Trey Parker drop in on a writing class at NYU (video).

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Jun. 26, 2011

Leonardo, procrastinator

Leonardo da Vinci’s epic procrastination and the practical use of procrastination as a sign that your work (rather than yourself) may be dull.

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Jun. 10, 2011

Think Quantity

Looking over the numbers of prolific artists and innovators reinforces the basic rule: Creativity is a function of the quantity of work produced.

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Apr. 3, 2011

Austin Kleon’s 10 Tips for Writers

Austin Kleon, of Newspaper Blackout, shares ten great tips for writers and other artists. (link)

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Mar. 29, 2011

What Creativity Means

Creativity is not about making something out of nothing. It is about making something new out of old things. To create, you must remix.

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Mar. 21, 2011

The Five Commandments

A few rules for a novelist (or any artist, presumably) struggling to get a new project started.

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Feb. 11, 2011

Creating Billy Bathgate

E. L. Doctorow says that his character Billy Bathgate was *born in that first sentence, in the rhythm of it, in the syntax.* (quote)

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Oct. 5, 2010

Drawing Circles

Lessons for creatives from two famous circles, Giotto’s O and the enso of Japanese calligraphy.

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Sep. 16, 2010

It’s All Been Done

The pleasures and doubts of writing in a genre.

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Apr. 13, 2010

Writing Is Play

Writing is a form of play, which is not to say it is easy

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