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How Winning a Single ATC Has Me Drowning in Ideas

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Last week I was a lucky winner. Mine was one of the three names picked at random from a list … More How Winning a Single ATC Has Me Drowning in Ideas →

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Taking the Chance: Writing Without Planning

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Ray Bradbury once wrote about our hesitation to begin anything because of uncertainty and fear. If we listened to our … More Taking the Chance: Writing Without Planning →

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Afraid to Create? Of Course!

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On Wednesday, I wrote about the challenge of getting started on something we dream of doing. It seems crazy to … More Afraid to Create? Of Course! →

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Unfinished Quilt: How Praise Froze My Project

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We need to be careful who sees our work when it’s still in process. I’ve learned this from writing and from quilting. My quilting experience is particularly surprising, because I discovered that early praise can be as harmful as early scorn.

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Waiting for Inspiration? Spend the Time Practicing

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There’s a belief that all the great artists are inspired, that what makes their work wonderful is a brilliant idea or new insight. But this is just a myth. A single moment of brilliance can be blinding to the rest of us, but there’s more to it than that. You can’t make use of inspiration if you don’t know how to use your medium. Great art comes from lots of work, which can be summed up in one word: practice.

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