Big ideas are the large, abstract principles and assumptions about an project. They are complex, many-layered “umbrella” statements. They try to encompass the essence of something.
These statements can help you organize and plan a project. It is easier to explain a difficult concept to someone else if you have figured out the main themes.
Creative people strive to work in line with their beliefs. They have a strong desire within themselves to share a piece of themselves with others. Writers have stories, characters, ideas and visions of a better world that they live with sometimes for years before they write them down. Writing is Universal Writing and reading are […]
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Creative People live their lives according to principles that are both universal and individual. All creatives share some creative common values. Artists share these common big ideas that draw them to their projects. Maybe you want to be an artist but are afraid to start. If you are afraid to go for it, these common
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Artistic driven people feel called toward an artistic pursuit and have a unique path in this life. The calling may be generalized or laser focused, but it always entails the need to create and explore. A life purpose that relies on imaginative connection requires that the person find a way to filter out the negative
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The most basic tenet of writing is that you need something to write about. Think about it: how dreadful it feels when you have to write something or give a talk and you can’t think of anything to say. The result inevitably is suffering (yours ) and boredom (the audience’s). This is important no matter
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“I would like to believe when I die that I have given myself away like a tree that sows seeds every spring and never counts the loss, because it is not loss, it is adding to future life. It is the tree’s way of being. Strongly rooted perhaps, but spilling its treasure on the wind.”
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Pipher, Mary. (2006). Writing to Change the World. New York: Berkley. ISBN: 978-1-59448-253-3. paperback. $14.00 Probably the most common reason writers give for why they write is that they want to make an impact on other people, change the way people think or feel. Mary Pipher dissects how to best achieve this by going into
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