I keep needing to hear my own advice, to remember to trust the process, to know that material success is random and that all I have control over is the act of creation. ##authortok##authortokfyp##booktok##books##authorsoftiktok##author##authorslife##authorphilosophy##writertok##writertoker##writing##showingup##authenticity##writinglife##creative##creativity##myphilosophy##creatortiktok##foryoupage##bookcommunity##bookaddict##booklovers##bookshelf##bookaholic##bookreader##bookrecommendation##review##fantasybook##fantasy##fantasybooks##book##booknerd##bookaddict##fantasyauthor##fantasynovel##knifewitch##susandirende

Front loading happens all the time in the process of writing. Author has to visualize the world before they can send the characters into it. And the characters’ background and motivations need to be worked out to help the writer, direct them through that world. But, that is a writing task that is unnecessary for the reader, and can actually interfere with their enjoyment of the unfolding tale. #frontloading #writing #rewriting #storystructure #plot #plotstructure #writingadvice #writeradvice #writingadvicefromwriters #writingtips #writingtip #author #authorsoftiktok #WritersOfInstagram #WritersOnInstagram #WritingPlot #WritingScenes #ImWriting #Author #amwriting #HowToWrite #WritingLife #faulkner

For artistic folks, dragging the weight of working toward recognition and compensation while following the dancing creative spirit results in lopsided, sometimes clumsy steps down your personal path. Instead of trying so hard to walk upright and glide gracefully, take a page from Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks. #creativity #beauty #montypython #quote #mondaymotivation #advice #creativityadvice #artist #artistsontiktok #creatives #createbeauty #creativejourney #fyp #philosophy #philosophytiktok #creativesociety #breakfree #authenticity #beingreal #creativity #writer #writertokfyp #wisewords #wisdom #wisewomen #DailyInspiration #dailywisdom #CreativesOfTikTok #ArtistLife #WritersLife

Saul Bass, a legendary designer in the 60s, had strong ideas about Creativity and Beauty. Search YouTube and you can find old footage of him talking about it. #creativity #beauty #saulbass #whycreate #quote #mondaymotivation #advice #creativityadvice #artst #artistsontiktok #creatives #createbeauty #inspiration #quotes #creativityquotes

This is a trick I learned from watching Bobby McFerrin lead a singing workshop. Our best creative ideas can have the stamp of our personal style but that can be a barrier as well as a guide when starting something new. By playing atound with “wrong” or “bad” ideas and then returning to the original version trying to incorporate some of the discoveries from the exploration can bring vitality to your work and grow your creative vocabulary. #Creativity #BobbyMcFerrin #JamesCarse #finiteandinfinitegames #creativityexercise #CreativeInspiration #CreativeGrowth #CreativeJourney #creativejourneytiktok #NoLimits #Artistry #Singing #CreativeLife #ArtistLifeHashtagPerformance #Performing #TheUnexpected #discoveringtalents #susandirende #howtoimprove .

Travel can inject energy into writing, especially Worldbuilding. #dostoyevski #worldbuilding #worldbuildingtok #travel #writinglife #expandingconsciousness #writinglifestyle #writersoftiktok #writingtips #authortok #authortokfyp #booktok #books #authorsoftiktok #author #authorslife #authorphilosophy #writertok #writertoker #writing #showingup #creative #creativity #myphilosophy #foryoupage

In the quiet of the Italian countryside, birdsong plays in the background all day long. I started thinking about all the fantasies I’ve read where travelers were suddenly alerted to the presence of danger because the birdsong ceased. How I thought, would people really noticed that? Until I came here I wasn’t sure but now I think the sudden quiet would strike you in a city girl like me that something was up. ##birdsong##fantasy##fantasytropes##quiet##italy##italiancountryside##walking##calm##calming##naturesounds##wanderer##nomad##nomadiclife##writer##writertok##writerslife

Travel is a great teacher on how to face and move past anxieties. The hope and expectation not to mention the expense of travel means that you’re committed to going, you’re drawn forward, almost inexorably. And so while much that is novel is also anxiety-producing, each step forward brings you new experiences not just of the outer world, but of your inner landscape as the anxieties drop away one by one when you figure out a way through the unknown. #Confidence #Anxiety #OvercomingAnxiety #Freedom #InnerFreedom #Travel #FaceYourFear #FaceYourFears #Nomad #NomadicLife #Wanderlust #Wanderer #OnTheRoad #ServiceDog #TravelWithDogs #InnerWisdom #MondayMotivation.#CreativeConfidence #BuildingConfidence #FindingConfidence.

Who I am shows up in the stories I write so, even though I don’t try to present a philosophy of the world, as I’m telling the story, my philosophy comes through. So, if you like the message of my reels, you might really enjoy the way I put together stories and bring them to meaningful conclusion. #authortok #authortokfyp #booktok #books #authorsoftiktok #author #authorslife #authorphilosophy #writertok #writertoker #writing #showingup #authenticity #authenticself #writinglife #creative #creativity #myphilosophy #creatortiktok #foryoupage

The essence of creativity is the desire to play with the boundaries, the edges, the places where, what is supposedly true or good meets the opposite ideas of falsehood and wrongness. It is not so much aiming to transgress as challenging the definition of transgression because sometimes what is demonized are outmoded blocks to society’s whole-hearted life and growth. Not that society will thank artists for putting its comfortable boundaries into play.