Tag: generating ideas
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Why a Writer’s Brain
I was in class the other day. One of my students was reading one of my scripts out loud that his group will be performing in the coming weeks. At one point he stopped and looked over at me and asked, “How do you think of this? This is good. I never would have thought […]
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There are no bad ideas.
You might be tempted to think that some ideas are just bad. Not true. Ideas may have just been brought to life prematurely. Before I explain, here are two rules I follow as a writer: Keep all ideas. Keep them on file. Keep them on speed dial. Often new ideas will arise and you’ll get […]
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Creative Anchors. How to choose a direction for your story.
This is my term (as far as I know): Creative Anchor. I use that term to describe the first time an idea pops in my head which will “anchor” or force a story along. It’s a crucial creative idea which will make or break a chapter, sometimes even a story. Once you plop an anchor […]
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8 Ideas, 15 Minutes (The Sad Reality of No Time)
Our school is having some meetings coming up at the end of the month, and I’ve been asked to write up some skits, and find some actors who would perform short pieces for each one which illustrate different life lessons. I’m always happy to do so, and now I even have a creative writing group […]
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An Approach to Drama Writing Part II: It all starts in your mind.
Part II on my short workshop on writing drama (applicable to other genres as well. Part I was on Being Fearless. You can read it HERE! Writing is accomplished in your mind. It’s edited on paper. (or electronic paper) One of the great myths of writing is that it is accomplished when you actually start putting […]
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Creative Writing: The Tried and True becomes the Tried and New
There is nothing new under the sun. No new plots to uncover. No new experiences to be told about. Creativity is in the realm of re-hashing the common and already told into a refreshing and new take. Creativity is taking that situation and putting your unique twist on it that only you could have created. […]
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My brain was hijacked by an annoying full-length play
Did you ever get something in your head that you can’t shake? I become useless when it happens to be a writing idea. Here’s what happened to me this weekend. I was minding my own business, sitting down to work on my fourth novel – which, by the way, is about 75% complete – when […]
Author Mark W Sasse 