Inspiration

Mary Richert on Struggle, Inputs and Inspiration

February 7, 2010
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Mary Richert – in her first Internet video ever – talks about some of her favourite books. In these pages she finds a lot of encouragement and inspiration. I really want to emphasise three points Mary makes in this video.

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When No One Cares…

January 27, 2010
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I sometimes get disappointed when something I produce doesn’t get much of a reception. You hope that a project is worthwhile and that somebody somewhere is getting something out of it, and as much as I look for some intrinsic merit to the things I do, I am still sometimes left wondering. But what if no one caring was actually a good thing?

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Felicia Day: Celebrate People Not Waiting For Permission To Make Their Art

January 13, 2010
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When Felicia Day won the Streamy Award for Best Female Actor in Comedy Web Series for her work in The Guild, she wowed the audience with a frank exploration of some of the challenges the web series faced and explained how being rejected by Hollywood was the impetus she needed to create her own art.

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Jessi Alexander On “The Climb”

December 11, 2009
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Songwriter Jessi Alexander talks here about her song ‘The Climb‘ which she co-wrote with collaborator Jon Mabe. The track was recorded by Miley Cyrus and was featured in the Hannah Montana movie. It was also the first song placement from Jessi that was released as a single, and it went straight to number one!

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All I Want For Christmas

December 4, 2009
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All I want for Christmas is… you. Well, okay, that’s not entirely true. Which isn’t to say you’re not wonderful and that I don’t appreciate you. Of course I do! You take the time to read what I write here and I can’t think of anything better than that! But there are also some other things I want too…

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Dream By Example

November 19, 2009
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The truth is it is perfectly wonderful to hear about what authors are doing. It can be interesting to hear about other people’s creative processes and pitfalls. It can even be useful to listen to specific writing instruction. The power of I Should Be Writing is that ‘wannabe’ writers are consistently delivered back to their own hands.

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Write What You Know. Write What You Feel.

November 6, 2009

Write what you know. Write what you feel. It’s classic writing advice. Here screenwriter Bill Grundfest and Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. offer their thoughts on the importance of writing from your own perspective and from your own personal history.

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Sophie B. Hawkins: Desires Borne Of The Grieving Process

May 28, 2009
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I spent much of the afternoon writing and remembering, as part of the Heartbroken and Grieving project. It surprised me how vividly certain memories came flooding back. This paragraph from a blog entry from Sophie B. Hawkins seems particularly fitting.

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