Tag: creativity
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Momentum
the strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events The writer gained momentum by disciplining themself to write something each day. When we work the craft daily, we increase momentum and get the work done. Finishing! Somewhere on this blog is a post about finishing. Great ideas are everywhere. Great novel,…
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Star Bucks The Original Series
Like Tolstoy, I like to write in the marketplace. My marketplace is invariably a coffee shop. And, since I am a trekker of the globe, there is some familiarity and holiness in Starbucks. In New Orleans, I write at Cherry Coffee Roasters on Laurel. I love the vibe and the coffee. However, in my current…
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Developing Style
When I was a young poet, I wrote following the disciplines for traditional poetry. I used specific rhyme, meter, rhythm as dictated by the study of classical writing. I was challenged by a teacher in university to depart from classical iambic pentameter or sonnet ABAB CDCD etc. and dabble in free verse. Eventually, i developed…
Mike "Pops" Klumpp 