Releasing the Creative Genius Within

“THE THINGS WE FEAR THE MOST IN ORGANIZATIONS-FLUCTUATIONS,DISTURBANCES,IMBALANCES-ARE THE PRIMARY SOURCES OF CREATIVITY.” Margaret Wheatley, Leadership and the New Science. In his book,Zen in the Art of Writing, science fiction author,Ray Bradbury claims that” zest,gusto and curiosity” are qualities all writers should have. In fact, he goes on to say ,we all have ” a creative genius within” that  is just waiting to be released. He shares his techniques of writing down a list of nouns until he “begins to see a pattern to the list then he trusts his subconscious to give bread to the birds.” And it has worked for him as he is the prolific author of  novels, stories, poems,films and plays. I never thought of myself as...

Posted by on Nov 13, 2010 in elements of story, Harvesting Stories, Lifewriting Craft, memoir-writing, Uncategorized | 8 comments

Harvest Time

“WHEN ONE TUGS AT A SINGLE THING IN NATURE,HE FINDS IT ATTACHED TO THE  REST OF THE WORLD.” John Muir Now that the garlic is harvested, I’m back in the garden picking string beans. Since my master gardener husband,Wayne ,does not use pesticides (“No Syn” -synthetics- he calls it) the weeds are bold and intrusive making the task of finding the beans even more challenging. Naturally, as I was combing through the weeds to find the beans, I thought of how this all reminds me of my writing. Some beans are right there shouting to be picked; others are buried under layers as if protected by caring kin ; some are camouflaged by the green weeds; some are not quite ready; some are in bunches as if they are partying while others  are...

Posted by on Jul 17, 2010 in Harvesting Stories, Inner Critic, Lifewriting Craft, memoir-writing | 10 comments