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Category: Inspirational

Finding Creative Focus During Lockdown – The Power Of The Deadline

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Wayne

Finding creative focus during  the Covid-19 lockdown has been tricky for many writers and creatives and I’m no exception. Like many of you, I’m working from home, following all the advice about social distancing and trying to stay motivated and sane in these scary times we’re currently living through. No news is good news ….

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How to know when an idea is ‘THE IDEA’

Posted on November 8, 2018November 13, 2018 by Wayne

As writers and creatives, the problem is rarely ‘I have no ideas’. It’s usually quite the opposite and we get inundated with the damn things. So how do we know which one is ‘THE IDEA’, the one that has the legs, the depth and the originality to be worthy of our valuable time? It’s a…

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New Year Goals – don’t say the ‘r’ word!

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Wayne

New Year’s Day is for nursing hangovers and banishing the regrets of last year, which is why I’m writing this on January 2nd. Yes, it’s that time again. Time to lay out my reso – NO! DON’T SAY IT! Let’s use goals, targets, milestones – anything but the ‘r’ word. Call me superstitious but any…

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T is for Thief. There’s no such thing as an original idea.

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Wayne

“It’s not where you take things from . . . it’s where you take them to.” The above is a quote from ground-breaking French  film maker, Jean-Luc Godard. Godard wasn’t afraid to take influences from his favourite works – be that in film, literature or music – and put them in to his own work….

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K is for Keep Moving – Write or Die!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Wayne

Today’s writing metaphor comes courtesy of the shark. In case you’re not entirely au fait with animal biology, many sharks need to swim constantly to stay alive. It’s all to do with passing oxygen-rich water through their gills, but the only reason I mention it, is because as writers we too need to constantly move…

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A is for Action! Stop waiting for permission to start living your life.

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Wayne

By day I’m an Editor and Producer for a video production company, producing documentary, corporate and promotional films. It was during filming on location a couple of years ago that I had the sudden realisation that changed my entire outlook and attitude to life. It was in the fleeting few seconds after the cameraman had…

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