How to be more productive and creative
As Ricky Gervais once said: ‘It’s better to create something that others criticise than to create nothing & criticise others. Go create!’
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Write drunk, edit sober is, sadly, not all that great
When I was younger, I was a firm believer in the aphorism, “write drunk, edit sober”. It is a saying attributed to Hemingway that sadly seems untrue. Both in meaning and the fact that he never actually said that. There is a website called Quote Investigator that found what might be the first utterance of…
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The daily routine of various creative people
As I grow older and massively wiser, I am starting to enjoy the delights of a more structured daily routine. When I was younger I often didn’t go to bed until… well, any time between 2am and midday was the norm. Working freelance in journalism and live TV didn’t really help either. But now I…
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Writing 1000 words a day
I don’t know what has been happening with me lately but I have become something of a writing machine. It could be related to my pseudo-mid-life crisis that I’m not really going through. Whatever it is I have been powering through 1000 words a day on average. WARNING – what follows will only be of…
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Going all creative and embracing philosophy
As I hurtle toward my late forties I find myself at the prime age where one tends to re-evaluate life and find what is truly important. Or when you just decide to have a mid-life crisis. Both are kind of fun. I have been reading a lot of philosophy recently and find it absolutely fascinating….
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Temple of Art
The Temple of Art is a documentary (and website) about what it is like to be an artist. Although not just an artist, just generally creative. There are lots of writers, musicians, directors and actors, etc, featured, and the end result is damned inspiring.