We had the great good fortune to see Meredith Monk’s Atlas at Disney Hall this week. Someone asked if we wanted their subscriber’s tickets. Sure. Thanks. I was perfectly ok …
A STORY OF RAINBOWS, LOLLIPOPS AND PRIDE
I was at the bank the other day and I was eyeing something behind the window. A pile of little golden somethings. Something mysterious and wonderful and surprising. Then the teller …
HOW TO FIND THE MATERIAL FOR WRITING YOUR OWN PERSONAL BEST COMEDY
Students often come to me with the complaint that they don’t know where to look for comedy material. Sometimes they say I have writer’s block. Or they complain about feeling …
MOM’S STORY
RIP Rita Lois Lapides. My mom. She broke the vicious cycle. This was her great victory. Her mom was a certain kind of awful to her. And my mom decided …
CREATIVITY IS NOT LINEAR: THE SECRET TO CREATIVE SUCCESS
Creativity is not linear. This is the biggest truth about creativity. If you can get this one thing your creative output will grow exponentially. In volume and quality. To create …
LOOK FOR THE PINK BALLS… DON’T WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW
People are always telling us to write what we know. Don’t do that! Unless what you want to write is blogs. Like this one. Which is great. I know this. …
8 TRICKS FOR WRITING WHEN YOU ARE STUCK
Writing is so easy. And fun! It’s not? It’s hard and challenging? Right. All that and more. Good days, bad days. All cool. Except writer’s block. Writer’s block is so …
THE BELIEVING IN YOURSELF TRICK TO CREATIVITY
One of the tricks of creativity is the believing in yourself trick. You have to believe in yourself order to create amazing work. But how do you believe in yourself …
OWN YOUR STORY TO INSPIRE YOUR WRITING PROJECTS NOW
There’s an idea floating around that we all need to let go of our story. I couldn’t disagree more. Mid-way through the Spring Session of my Infinite Writing Workshop. Last night’s …
NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU: THE TRUTH ABOUT WRITING
Why will anyone care about what I write? People ask me this question all the time. It’s usually after they started writing something they care about. And are getting that …