
Karen Marston (@KarenMarston) is an independent copywriter and the founder of Untamed Writing. Dissatisfied with her earlier roles, Karen took to writing SEO-focused articles and now works with clients writing bold, memorable copy for websites and other projects.
Her latest project is a foray into teaching. She now instructs others how to be effective, productive freelance writers. Our conversation discusses her personal workflows and habits, as well as her outlook on teaching and client project management.
Show Notes & Links

Karen describes herself simply as “a writer”
Karen started writing SEO-optimised articles — 500 word articles heavy with keywords to bring attention to the clients
Lately, Karen is taking on personal writing
JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has a higher net worth than Queen Elizabeth II
Karen now earns more from teaching than from writing
Organisations struggle to have a voice, even though they talk about “brand voice” and whatnot


“As much as graphics and photos are essential on the web, it’s still mostly a written medium.”
—Prescott Perez-Fox
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“A brand is the human component of a non-human entity.”
—Prescott Perez-Fox
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Eat24, Mailchimp — brands with personality, especially in their written voices


“Serious and professional are not the same thing. You can be professional without being serious.”
—Karen Marston
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Part of being a professional means pushing back against clients
Scrum-Sprint Methodology
A number of Karen’s students have self-confidence issues, which inhibits their careers as a freelance writer
The Top 3 Things that Stop Talented Writers Making Money


“I’m a best-selling author, not a best-writing author.”
-Robert Kiyosaki
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki On Amazon and On Audible
Untamed Writing School
 Karen Marston on Twitter
 Karen Marston on Facebook
 Untamed Writing on Facebook
 Karen Marston on Instagram

Tools

Facebook groups, especially if it’s your group
Location Rebel, and its forum
Trello, for to-do lists
Paper “catch-all” notebooks
Evernote
MacBook Air
StandStand
Kneeling Chair, as used by Lisa Simpson

Lisa Simpson uses a kneeling chair


OpenOffice
Dropbox

Techniques

Drop the serious, professional, corporate persona and write like an actual person
Be surprisingly human in your writing
Keep projects to two week periods: first week is planning, strategy, and first draft. Second week is for editing.
Allow unlimited revisions … but limit the time of the overall projects
Don’t specify to clients why you’re unavailable, just say when you can fit them in
Offer to connect a client with another writer (or designer)
Participate in a community and observe the questions being asked … then seek to answer them.

Habits

Cross a big diagonal stripe across a paper to show that everything on it is finished
Don’t get out of bed until getting 8 hours sleep
Take time on Mondays to plan the week
[Try to] work out everyday, perhaps taking a 28-day challenge
Avoid the supermarket on Sundays (take advantage of your own schedule)

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That went quickly! Listen in to our live event where we commemorate 100 episodes of The Busy Creator Podcast and remark on the journey. This event was a crossover with the New York City Podcast Meetup, recorded at Small City Co-working space in Brooklyn. Joining Prescott on stage are musician Joaquin Cotler (@ShinyIslands), UX designer Rashan Casseus (@rcassues) & video publisher/entrepreneur Gabby Wallace (@GabbyAWallace). Together we discuss daily practice, creating projects and nurturing them over time, and our own experiences with podcasting. Get The Episode   Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 100 (MP3, 1:07:53, 32.7 MB)  Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 100 (OGG, 1:07:53, 35.9 MB)  Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes, on Google Play Music, on Android, on iHeart Show Notes & Links  Small City co-working space in Brooklyn Joaquin Cotler, musician, journalist, composer of The Busy Creator Podcast theme song Paul Shaffer, Clark Terry, Questlove — late night talk show band leaders through the years New York City Podcast Meetup Joaquin has appeared on The Busy Creator Podcast episode 41 John Lee Dumas & Kate Erickson, guests on TBC episode 50   "It's a great time to go to Puerto Rico if you already have a lot of money." —Joaquin Cotler  Tweet This   Creighton Mershonn & Jessi Arrington, proprietors of Small City and past guests on TBC ep 92 Vector Media Group, our default host of the NYC Podcast Meetup Nick Spriggs, partner at Vector, guest on TBC ep 91 New York City Podcast Meetup is one year old  New York City Podcast Meetup on Twitter  New York City Podcast Meetup on Facebook Prescott removed Facebook from his phone, sleeps better  The Busy Creator Podcast made it to 100 episodes — they’re all here Jonathan Coulton, and his Thing A Week podcast project JoCo Cruise, featuring Aimee Mann, et al   "Busy is a four-letter word." —Prescott Perez-Fox  Tweet This   “Busy Beaver” is an English-language idomatic expression MIT’s mascot is Tim the Beaver, nature’s engineer  Tim The Beaver   Buzz The Busy Beaver is the mascot of The Busy Creator Podcast, but not modelled after Prescott  #HumbleBrag, a definition The Busy Creator Podcast started as bi-weekly, went up to weekly, then returned to bi-weekly  Bi-Weekly vs. Fortnightly vs. every-other-week, semantics TBC by the numbers: 3 years, 106 episodes (including B-Sides), 98 unique guests, 15 single-topic episodes, 4 monologue episodes TBC by the numbers, best single day downloads: 567, 11 January 2017 TBC by the numbers, best monthly downloads: 10,148, November 2016 TBC by the numbers, lifetime downloads: 103,279, as of 16 January 2017 Marc Maron’s show received nearly 750,000 downloads in 24 hours when he interviewed President Obama Casper Mattresses, not a sponsor #TBC100 and #NYCPodMeet to see photos from the event Rashan Casseus, NYC native, FIT Grad, currently a Senior UX Designer Rashan & Prescott met at a fan meetup for Keith and The Girl R & P participated in The Cinnamon Challenge The Ice-Bucket Challange, The Mannequin Challenge, etc.  Ice Bucket Challenge   Emeril Lagasse   "I make digital tools easier to use." —Rashan Casseus  Tweet This   "UX is the thought process of how a human being gets from point A to point B." —Rashan Casseus  Tweet This   MailChimp, and their mascot Freddy Disembodied Monkey Hand, the name of Joaquin’s new punk band  Microcopy, the words around the site on buttons, short messages, etc. Eat24, and their “hungry” shopping cart 90Elm, Rashan’s cousin’s t-shirt company User Stories, User Interviews — tools of planning a site Sayba Naturals, Prescott’s mother’s soap brand Squarespace, also not a sponsor   "Websites are never finished, they are only abandoned." —Prescott Perez-Fox, paraphrasing Leonardo da Vinci  Tweet This   "Your website is done when you run out of time, or when the client says 'I want it up now'." —Rashan Casseus  Tweet This   Museum of Arts and Design, NYC Gabby Wallace, YouTube producer, teacher, online marketing coach — hates headphones!  Keith Richards Gabby defines herself as a creator. Simple.   "I create something every day. Most day, many things." —Gabby Wallace  Tweet This   Prescott & Gabby met at Podcast Movement 2014 Gabby was a podcaster, has moved back to YouTube. GoNaturalEnglish, a video show to learn to English Friendtor, teaming up with people of complementary skills Adrienne Stortz, Katie Quinn, cooking video producers in Brooklyn Matt Cremona, woodworker   "I reject all that quality and editing because it takes forever!" —Gabby Wallace  Tweet This   Keytar Gilmore Girls, and the revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Gilmore Guys podcast The Town Troubadour from Gilmore Girls Joaquin attended CUNY J-School, earning a Master’s in Multimedia Journalism Atavist, easier to use than Squarespace or WordPress Roots on The Record, Joaquin’s graduate project speaking to musicians and   Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz Marian McPartland, 1918–2013 The Nerdist Podcast Alicia Witt, and her episode on The Nerdist The 101, traffic magnet in Los Angeles Studio 360 Kurt Andersen Ashley Milne-Tyte, previous guest on TBC ep 8 WBAI, the liberal talk station which plays Latin Jazz Ray Barretto   "Way more fun than playing music is listening to other people play." —Joaquin Cotler  Tweet This   The Busy Creator Podcast is switching from bi-weekly publication to a seasonal format 9 Habits of Highly Creative People Zapier, upcoming episode for season.next Hulse Durrell, upcoming episode for season.next Vancouver Olympics New brand and website for The Busy Creator coming in the spring SASS (Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets), better than CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)  Rashan Casseus on Twitter  Rashan Casseus on Facebook  Rashan Casseus on Instagram  Rashan Casseus on LinkedIn  Gabby Wallace on Twitter  Gabby Wallace on Facebook  Gabby Wallace on Instagram  Gabby Wallace on LinkedIn  Gabby Wallace on YouTube  Joaquin Cotler on Twitter  Joaquin Cotler on Facebook  Joaquin Cotler on Instagram  Joaquin Cotler on LinkedIn  Joaquin Cotler on YouTube  Tools  Jira Slack Squarespace Google Docs Atavist  Techniques  Name buttons on websites in an intuitive way; say “conclude” or “done” Consult a designer even when using a templated system like Squarespace Take team outings as a way to get to know each other Post a common planning document to keep your team accountable Share your core message; if you don’t have it defined, go back to square one Mix your “main bit” with casual, less rehearsed pieces When discussing an “album”, call it a “record” to be more generic  Habits  Keep your skills up with family and community projects Find the intersection of your creation and what people need Post helpful content and videos; people will ask for your help Constantly learn from others via podcasts, videos, blogs, books, etc. Return to a consistent format to avoid rehearsal   SaveSave

The Big 100! A Live Meetup Event with guests Rashan Casseus & Gabby Wallace

Craig Ward (@MrCraigWard) is a designer, art director, typographic artist, and author currently living in Brooklyn, NY. A UK native, he came to New York in 2009 shortly after being selected as an ADC Young Gun. As a solo act, Craig created projects for Adobe, Squarespace, Calvin Klein, Google, Nike, and host of other large brands across entertainment, fashion, media, and consumer products. Lately, he’s rejoined the agency world. In this conversation, we discuss the culture clash between a large company and a solo practice, the economics behind design (large and small), and where agencies can still innovate in spite of their size. Catch up with Craig on his personal website, Words Are Pictures. Cover photo by Jonathan Pilkington. Get The Episode   Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 99 (MP3, 47:06, 22.8 MB)  Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 99 (OGG, 47:06, 24.9 MB)  Subscribe to Get New Episodes Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes, on Google Play Music, on Android, on iHeart Sponsor Freedcamp, the finest free online project management software Bandwidth for The Busy Creator Podcast is provided by Freedcamp, Group Efforts Made Effortless. Freedcamp is best free online project management software available. By using the built-in functions and additional tools like time tracking, invoices, milestones, file storage, and more, teams can customise the software for the task at hand! The Busy Creator Podcast itself is managed and operated on Freedcamp. Get started for free on Freedcamp.com Show Notes & Links  Prescott and Craig have been pals for several years due to the NYC design scene Joaquin Cotler, a guest on The Busy Creator episode 41 and composer of the theme music Craig is ok being called a “designer & art director”; he’s also directed music videos and earn other titles by action Solo practitioners are a “one-man army” due to their multiple facets The US O-1B Visa, for people, like Craig, “who possesses extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement … and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements …”  How a Bill Becomes Law      "Solo practice is very liberating, but brings its own problems." —Craig Ward  Tweet This   "When you work for someone else, you can spend almost 100% of time working on projects. For yourself, it’s maybe 50%." —Prescott Perez-Fox  Tweet This   "When freelance work became my full-time job I suddenly had free time." —Craig Ward  Tweet This   Popular Lies About Graphic Design by Craig Ward on Amazon Craig’s first solo show   "I didn’t think at all about the financial aspects of solo work." —Craig Ward  Tweet This   Grey advertising   "Big agencies are designed to spin wheels." —Craig Ward  Tweet This   "If you’re a creative person, you’re not supposed to be good at business stuff." —Craig Ward  Tweet This   Intellectual Overhead vs. Property Overhead: anxiety, distraction, etc. rather than dollars   "When you work solo the highs are higher, but the lows are lower." —Prescott Perez-Fox  Tweet This   “Make hay while the sun shines” and other farming metaphors Pentagram Eddie Opara, digitally-savvy partner at Pentagram Douglas Davis, previous guest on TBC   "In so many ways it’s a holiday to have a team." —Craig Ward  Tweet This   "At a certain point, agencies stop being creative companies and start being corporations." —Prescott Perez-Fox  Tweet This   Denise O’Bleness   "Clients get the work they deserve." —Denise O'Bleness  Tweet This   Deutsch   "The answers are not found in the office." —Craig Ward  Tweet This   "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." —Seneca  Tweet This   Mother, an agency which has Design and Advertising within it The Shadow Cabinet, in Parliament Skunk Works   "The barrier to entry to experimenting is lower than ever." —Prescott Perez-Fox  Tweet This   "I worry that I’m spreading myself too thin, but I’d rather have a go than not." —Craig Ward  Tweet This   Extrude nodes, chamfered edges – jargon of 3D printing and modeling   "We ran out of stuff to talk about … so we had a kid." —Craig Ward  Tweet This   "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." —Pablo Picasso  Tweet This   "There’s real beauty in an eclectic team." —Craig Ward  Tweet This   Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)  Craig Ward on Twitter  Craig Ward on Instagram  Craig Ward on Facebook  Craig Ward on LinkedIn  Tools  Maya  Techniques  Use your “free” time for other long-term projects, like writing a book Keep “swiftness” in mind; build momentum at the start of projects Take on an agent to help even out the workloads Encourage your team to get out of the office and see things around the city Create a job number for excursions so you can track it; give yourself a time-budget per month Visualize your projects internally, and sketch when you have an idea in mind  Habits  Be a “restless creative”, always be making something Aim for one fully-fledged, start-to-finish project in your portfolio per year Allow for Unconventional Inspiration (one of The 9 Habits of Highly Creative People) Build in separation between your home and work life; force a commute and specific hours   

There and Back Again, Craig Ward Discusses Joining A Large Agency After Years of Successful Solo Practice

Brittany Cormack is a costume designer for film and television. Following her training in fashion and dance, Brittany arrived in Los Angeles without a clue how to work in the movie business, but has since found her groove. She works primarily on independent films, commercials, and music videos, but every day is an adventure.  Work has taken her from frozen mountains to coastal swamps, and everywhere in between. In this conversation, we discover how movie sets work, what happens when everyone is freelance, and where to build habits even during crazy periods. Catch up with Brittany on her IMDB page or Portfolio. Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes, on Google Play Music, on Android, on iHeart Sponsor  Freedcamp, the finest free online project management software  Bandwidth for The Busy Creator Podcast is provided by Freedcamp, Group Efforts Made Effortless. Freedcamp is best free online project management software available. By using the built-in functions and additional tools like time tracking, invoices, milestones, file storage, and more, teams can customise the software for the task at hand! The Busy Creator Podcast itself is managed and operated on Freedcamp. Get started for free on Freedcamp.com Show Notes & Links  Gilmore Girls are back Brittany and Prescott went to college together, danced together Brittany is a costume designer for film & television The difference between costume and fashion is that fashion is meant to sell; costume helps build a character   "Costume is the head-to-toe of a person" —Brittany Cormack  Tweet This   Costume should be part of the conception, not merely production Upstairs-downstairs, the term for important vs. non-important people  Above-the-line/Below-the-line, terms in film (also advertising) to describe the most visible and important duties   "Each set and each project has an energy of its own." —Brittany Cormack  Tweet This   "Every first day of shooting is like the first day of school." —Brittany Cormack  Tweet This   Caste System, even on a movie set On the set of Planet of The Apes, people will sit together based on their costumes Grips The Gig Economy   "You have to be a little half-crazy to work in this industry." —Brittany Cormack  Tweet This   Grey’s Anatomy, currently in season 13 Contracts for short films or commercials are usually under 2 months   "If you’re ever looking for work, just plan a vacation." —freelancers’ adage  Tweet This    The Hollywood Model, where a team is built for purpose, then disbanded  Sandy Powell, costumer designer on Cinderella   "In LA or New York, you can get anything if you have the money." —Brittany Cormack  Tweet This   Standard days of filming are 10-14 hours   "I only want to tell stories that I feel matter." —Brittany Cormack  Tweet This   Aristotelian Logic (Logos, Ethos, Pathos) Lexiconical Gap in English for “happiness” in the context of a career (in Danish we have arbejdsglaede) People Magazine Investigates  Long Island Serial Killer, 2011   "If you want to be a true collaborator, you’ve gotta be willing to be a team player." —Brittany Cormack  Tweet This   Scandal (a Union show) Non-Union people can’t touch the clothes Greensmen, Set Decorators, Painters — keep away from one another’s jobs!   "If there’s a hat, you’re gonna wear it!" —Brittany Cormack  Tweet This   “Taking Meetings“, a common practice in Hollywood "You’re only as good as your last job." —Hollywood adage    Tweet This   Brittany uses Instagram strictly for work (no cats, no food!)  Brittany Cormack’s portfolio  Brittany Cormack on IMDB  Brittany Cormack on Facebook  Brittany Cormack on Instagram  Tools  Paper & Pencil  Techniques  Build a backstory for all your characters beyond what’s on the page Keep track of everyone who owes you money Call your “guy” when you’re in trouble Stay around people, be inspired by them (as well as books)  Habits  Keep a positive, collaborative attitude above all Use a billing software tool to track your invoices Document your work on social media to stay current  Try Audible.com Free for 30-Days Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial  Get Hollywood Stories: Short, Entertaining Anecdotes about the Stars and Legends of the Movies by Stephen Schochet as a free audiobook       SaveSave  SaveSave

Going Hollywood, How Brittany Cormack Thrives as a Costume Designer Amid the Madness of Show Biz

Michael Stinson (@MWStinson) is a veteran designer, educator, and business owner. In addition to his work as a professor of graphic design, he also runs Ramp Creative, a branding studio in Los Angeles, as well as Type Ed, a dedicated typographic education business which helps creative pros return to form in the fields of typesetting and layout. Together in this conversation we unravel some of today’s worst typographic habits, and how to overcome them, share a few tips that all creatives can use to improve their type usage, and discuss some processes for working with clients. Catch up with Michael on his website, MichaelStinson.com, or through Type Ed.              Get The Episode   Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 97 (MP3, 52:40, 25.4 MB)  Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 97 (OGG, 52:40, 22 MB)  Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes, on Google Play Music, on Android, on iHeart Sponsor  Freedcamp, the finest free online project management software  Bandwidth for The Busy Creator Podcast is provided by Freedcamp, Group Efforts Made Effortless. Freedcamp is best free online project management software available. By using the built-in functions and additional tools like time tracking, invoices, milestones, file storage, and more, teams can customise the software for the task at hand! The Busy Creator Podcast itself is managed and operated on Freedcamp. Get started for free on Freedcamp.com Show Notes & Links  Michael is the first person from Los Angeles to join The Busy Creator Podcast Ramp Creative handles a lot of variety — digital, print, mobile Type Ed is an Education Organization, founded 2012 UI/UX design has eroded traditional type study High School scribbles are largely typography Michael was taught both ends of the type spectrum — hand lettering and typesetting (3 words or 300)   "I'm not training you to be designers; I'm training you to be Creative Directors some day." —Michael Stinson  Tweet This   Phonetics Whiskey Labels, an underrated technical as well as artistic challenge   "Everyone likes to do logos but wordmarks are extremely challenging." —Michael Stinson  Tweet This   Chronicle Books Typography for Lawyers, great site for anyone, not just lawers   "Designers these days don't like process. They want to jump to making it look good." —Michael Stinson  Tweet This   "If you get your process in place, you can design anything." —Michael Stinson  Tweet This   Michael is a former Aerospace Engineer; Prescott studied Mechanical Engineering Prescott — in spite of the hyphen in his last name — doesn’t like to use hyphens in his paragraph text   "Imagine if you're reading War & Peace in all caps — how far would you get?" —Michael Stinson  Tweet This    Milton Glaser’s Bob Dylan poster   Bob Dylan by Milton Glaser   Michael was accepted to study Physics at Berkeley, but received scholarships in Art   "The beauty of graphic design is that it works both sides of the brain." —Michael Stinson  Tweet This   Additive & Subtractive Colours Lithographic printing Calculus Ramp Creative is 2 principals and 1 designer   "If you follow the right words the path will take you to the promised land of the visuals." —Michael Stinson  Tweet This   Different methodologies — layer cake vs. pay-as-you-go Lots of Jewish families in New York City worked in the garment industry   "You're an actor, you're a leader, you're an entrepreneur, you're a psychologist, you're a therapist ... all at the same time." —Michael Stinson  Tweet This   Building Brands, a Step-By-Step Guide for Creative Pros to Develop Strategy and Design Identity — original eBook by Prescott Perez-Fox  Building Brands eBook     "You're not going to use a crescent wrench for a hammer. Right tool for the right job." —Michael Stinson  Tweet This   "Never stop noticing design." —Michael Stinson  Tweet This   The most stringest morning routine ever described on The Busy Creator Podcast was that of Michael Bierut Reading in The Brain by Stanislas Dehaene on Amazon  The Intellectual Devotional by David Kidder & Noah Oppenheim on Amazon and on Audible     "Type isn't all about the characters themselves, it's about the space they take up and the negative space that's left." —Michael Stinson  Tweet This   Michael defines himself as an introvert Douglas Davis, another educator to appear as a guest Cat Rose discussed creative introverts on The Busy Creator Podcast  Type Ed  MichaelStinson.com  RampCreative.com  Michael Stinson on Twitter  Michael Stinson on Facebook  Michael Stinson on Instagram  Michael Stinson on LinkedIn  Type Ed on Twitter  Type Ed on Facebook  Tools  InDesign Basecamp Harvest  Techniques  Use Tables in InDesign for grid-based layouts (restaurant menus) Build type hierarchy from the body copy up (subheads, etc.) If you’re setting more than 35 words, don’t use All Caps, Italics, Centered Don’t be afraid to use hyphens, but with discipline. (e.g., don’t use hyphens in the first line) Don’t use more than 13 words on a line (left-aligned), or 7 words on a line (centered) Aim for 50-70 characters per line (type size in points x 2 = measure width in picas) Don’t build websites in Photoshop — it’s not made for layout  Habits  Keep the reader in your mind. Think of them first. Always take clients through a verbal discovery phase first before visuals Give your print partners multiple files — flattened, outlined, original files, native links, etc. — make their lives easier Constantly observe and comment on design around you  Try Audible.com Free for 30-Days Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial  Get The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind by David Kidder & Noah Oppenheim as a free audiobook     

Practical Typographic Advice and Building an Education Business Alongside a Design Firm with Michael Stinson

David Power is a multi-purpose creative pro based in Brooklyn, NY. Since moving to New York, he’s worked in music recording & production, written several business books, penned screenplays, and helped write and perform in comedy films. His latest project is a podcast documentary of how a feature film is made. Our conversation covers creative practices and routines, as well as the often-nebulous world of film & video, including how to collaborate on a script and using crowdfunding to launch projects at scale. Catch up with David on his website, DavidPower.com, or through his show, SureFirePodcast.com Get The Episode   Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 96 (MP3, 44:01, 21.3 MB)  Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 96 (OGG, 44:01, 24.9 MB)  Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes, on Google Play Music, on Android, on iHeart Sponsor  Freedcamp, the finest free online project management software  Bandwidth for The Busy Creator Podcast is provided by Freedcamp, Group Efforts Made Effortless. Freedcamp is best free online project management software available. By using the built-in functions and additional tools like time tracking, invoices, milestones, file storage, and more, teams can customise the software for the task at hand! The Busy Creator Podcast itself is managed and operated on Freedcamp. Get started for free on Freedcamp.com Show Notes & Links  David’s office is a multi-purpose room (writing, video editing, audio recording, podcast production) Acoustic paneling GIK Acoustics Reverb Anechoic Chamber David started making films based on his own whims and desires The Lonely Island Saturday Night Life D*ck in a Box David is currently podcasting the production of a feature film Michael Goldburg & Dave Chan, filmmakers Iron Mule Comedy Film Festival, NYC Seed & Spark, film-based crowdfunding platform Transcontinental Railroad Contractions (in dialogue)  David’s podcast episode on crowdfunding Crowdfunding article on The Busy Creator blog Kickstarter and pitch videos which now are their own project and format Cathryn Lavery on The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 65 American Sign Language (ASL)  Does Google Docs have an offline version? Centered, Courier text for screenplays. Why? David has assembled a 3-monitor desk setup over the years  Island of Misfit Toys Crysis Ivy Bridge, Intel’s best chip from Spring 2012 David worked in a corporate environment for many years; no longer uses an alarm clock Prescott watches one event on broadcast TV each year: The Oscars Presidential debates in 2016 were streamed on Twitter DavidPower.com Sure-Fire Podcast  David Power on Facebook  David Power on LinkedIn  Tools  Trello Slack Google Docs FinalDraft BitBucket (on the web) SourceTree (on the desktop) Dropbox Paper Dell PC Tower from 2009 VEGAS Pro by Sony Magix Cakewalk by Sonar Hackintosh Mac Pro  Techniques  Soften the corners of a room to dampen reverb/echo Develop characters first, give them a voice and backstory, and then place them into a three-act structure. (Or not). Collect all notes and ideas; save them for later and vetting each one before writing Build a project management software workflow that actually reflects the way you work Don’t store files in Slack; that’s not the place for permanent items Use Plain Text formatting as a universal standard Build a Hackintosh if you can’t afford a Mac Pro (which you probably can’t)  Habits  Cross-promote, tag, and share your social links with your collaboration partners Exercise first thing in the morning Meditate, eat, drink coffee before starting work Use a floating lunch hour Wake up without an alarm Don’t actively seek out news (minus industry happenings)  Try Audible.com Free for 30-Days Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial  Get Finish the Script!: A College Screenwriting Course in Book Form by Scott King as a free audiobook     

The Busy Creator 58 w/guest Karen Marston

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