I dreamed of being a songwriter when I was a teenager. It wasn’t so much that I longed to be rich or famous. I just wanted to change the world. The song in my imagination had a beat and lyrics that would make it all better, for everybody, all the time. I even wrote a song about changing the world by writing a song. And now it sits in a scrapbook, yellowed tape on the corners, a white and purple […]
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Whether you’ve had an opportunity to write professionally, for school or even just for pure enjoyment, like every writer, you’ve probably gotten stuck for inspiration. For me, getting started with a creative writing project can be daunting when I am a loss for new ideas. A great technique for getting the creative juices flowing is a form of gamefication. That is, take a challenging set of rules and see if you can make it work. The result is a framework […]
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