Posts Tagged as ‘planning’

March 2, 2009

Delayed Gratification

I’m not the best at it, but as a writer you have to be. You’ll write an article, then it won’t run for a year, or not at all…
And a good project comes in and then gets delayed and you need to wait.
 
I’m getting better at it- but I prefer those simple cut and dried [...]

March 1, 2009

Eating for focus

I recently went back to my gluten free lifestyle and since the beginning of the year, for some reason, I’m off dairy. Even my beloved yoghurt has taken a back seat to soy.
I’m just not enjoying it anymore. I am not too sure why or what’s happened, but the desires for slabs of cheese, milk, [...]

September 20, 2008

What makes it a story?

I’ve been thinking about what makes a story interesting. In the end, it’s really the juxtaposition of two opposing points that in isolation are often very normal on their own
For example, I have three children. Put us in a rural area (which is where we were started) and that size fmaily seems normal. Move us [...]

July 21, 2008

Needing a blank slate

I was talking to a good friend tonight about the need for structure in creativity. He was talking about a creative he knows who can’t work with a blank slate.
I completely understood the process. I like writing to a brief. I like a plan, a diagram,a few sentences even of expectation.
I need to have a [...]