Posts Tagged Inspiration

How to Change the World

How to Change the World

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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How to Inspire Creative Writing with Gamefication: Dog No Cat

How to Inspire Creative Writing with Gamefication: Dog No Cat

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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