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Sep
04

The 7 sins of creativity and writing – Pride

Today is the final one of the 7 sins of creativity and writing. If you haven’t seen the rest, start with the first 6, lust, gluttony, greed, sloth,  wrath and envy. Wrapping it up is pride. While taking pride in your work is important, too much pride is dangerous – so dangerous that pride is actually considered the original and most serious of...

Sep
03

The 7 sins of creativity and writing – Envy

We are getting close to the end of the 7 sins. If you’re just tuning in, make sure to check out lust, gluttony, greed, sloth and wrath. Now, let’s turn our attention to envy. The difference between envy and greed is rather difficult to explain, so I will let wikipedia do it for me: “Like greed, Envy (Latin, invidia) may be characterized by an...

Sep
02

The 7 sins of creativity and writing – Wrath

So far in the series of 7 sins, we have covered lust, gluttony, greed and sloth. The next in line is wrath - an uncontrolled feeling of anger or rage. When you combine this with the ease to publish content to the web, it can be very dangerous. So what is the solution? Don’t write when you are angry. Wrong. The solution is managed wrath. Huh? What do I mean? I...

Sep
01

Two-word Tuesday version of 7 sins of writing – Sloth

Perk up! *Since it’s two-word Tuesday, I had to shorten the post about sloth* ...