WHY YOUR TASTE FAILS YOUR OWN WORK
A 5-MOVE SYSTEM FOR TRAINING CREATIVE JUDGEMENT
CREATIVITY & WRITING
For your writing craft and creative growth.
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ANAPHORA: Make a phrase mean more the second time.
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CHIASMUS: Write a sentence that folds back in on itself.
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UNDERSTANDING NEGATIVE SPACE, A SHARED CREATIVE DISCIPLINE
What a poet’s line break, a jazz musician’s silence, a filmmaker’s cut, and a comedian’s pause all have in common, and what it means for everything you make.
WRITING CRAFT: HOW TO SAY MORE BY WRITING LESS
COMPRESSION: What you remove is as important as what you keep.
A WORKING LIBRARY FOR ANY CREATIVE. WRITING IS THE SPINE. THE WORK IS YOURS.
You can read it as a curriculum, top to bottom. You can drop in at any stage when you are stuck. You can come back to a tool you read months ago.
WRITING CRAFT: HOW TO GIVE THE READER POWER OVER THE PAGE
DRAMATIC IRONY: The technique that puts the audience ahead of the characters.
THE DECISION AUDIT: HOW TO UNSTICK ANY CREATIVE PROJECT
5 types of decisions your project is avoiding, and a step-by-step method for making them.