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...
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...
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...
So far, we have covered Lust and Gluttony. The next in line is Greed. Traditionally, Greed in the 7 sins stood for the desire for copious amounts of wealth and a person who would stop at nothing to acquire that wealth. Over time, greed has been more loosely associated with the desire for too much of anything. Whenever I think of greediness, the first thing that...
Yesterday, I started my 7 sins of creativity and writing with lust. Today, we are on to sin #2, Gluttony. Gluttony is traditionally defined as over-eating (either in amount of food or amount spent on food). In modern times, it has become more vague, and can be used to define anything done to an extreme. For example, a writer who writes too often and never gives...
Over the next 7 days, I will be covering the 7 sins of creativity, the things that you just can’t do if you want your writing powerful and your creative juices to stay strong. The idea was given to me by Andi, your online go to gal, one my blog readers. She created a fabulous series of the 7 sins of social media…and I...
Thanks to your comments and requests last week, two-word tuesday will stay! Thanks for your opinions, and here is this weeks words: Remember Youth...
Change Directions Just tuning in and not sure what it’s all about? Check out the launch of two-word Tuesday. ...
Two-words to give you a bit of creativity. Do with them what you will – and don’t forget to share!Make noise...
