I’ve been working on my creative blockage for almost two years now. I’ve been blocked for longer than that. But in July 2022, I started working through The Artist’s Way to help get me “unblocked”. It’s not that I don’t have anything to write about. In terms of playwriting, that is. It’s that I can’t…
It seems ridiculously long since my last blog post. Six whole days. But that’s what happens when you switch from doing a daily blog post to a weekly blog post. Listen to me. I make it sound like I’d been doing it forever when it was only for thirty days. But I’ve had time to…
Resistance can kill your integrity. That siren call prevents you from doing what you said you would do. It makes you break your word, even if it was only to yourself. We get too used to making excuses instead of following through with commitments. It’s easier to come up with a reason why you couldn’t…
In 2015, I read How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams. One of the main ideas from the book was “goals are for losers and systems are for winners.” Since that time, I’ve been trying to find a system that would work for me. A system is a set…
The other day, I spoke about using the Miracle Morning SAVERS to start my day. Recently, I’ve found my mind “arguing” more about getting up early and coaxing me to stay in bed. It’s cold out of the covers. It’s too early. You were up late last night. I’ve had to do a few six…
After publishing yesterday’s post about writing a daily post for the next thirty days, I had a nagging feeling. Had I done this before? I searched my site and discovered that I had attempted this seven years ago, almost to the day! I had forgotten about that previous attempt. And it was unsuccessful. I made…
“How long does it take you to write a draft of play?” she asked. Such an interesting question! How long does it take to create something? If I take a look at the play I’m currently working on, A Killing at the Cottage (AKATC), it took me 8 hours of writing to complete the first…
I have a bad habit of taking long breaks between writing projects. I finish one project and it takes me months to gear up and start working on the next one. Why? It’s not from lack of ideas. I’ve got more ideas than time to write them all. It seems to be more from a…
Last year, I had intended to document the journey to getting my play The Lost Years ready for the Hamilton Fringe 2017. Unfortunately, I never started the documentation and before I knew it, opening night was upon us. This year, I wanted to do the same thing, but I found I was letting procrastination get…
Tomorrow I start a new job. It’s funny how the working life affects the creative life. For years, I had a routine that seemed to work very well. I would write and/or read on my commute to work, taking tiny steps towards a project. If I had a deadline, I would also do some work…
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