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For Authors: June 17, 2015 Issue [#7050]

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 This week: Creative Outlets
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About This Newsletter

The purpose of this newsletter is to share my thoughts, ideas, and experience with the world of literature.

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Creative Outlets


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Letter from the editor

We all know that writing is a creative outlet and are here because we write. There are also other creative outlets that you can use (and likely do use) that could actually help make your writing better. Being a creative person in multiple aspects of your life can enhance that creative energy for you to use everywhere.

My creative process works more with design (graphic, web, mobile, etc.) than with writing but in doing these different things, I've felt that my writing has improved, creatively speaking. In the past I've been working with color and had the thought "Oh! That would make a great poem." or "This office could be an interesting scene." It's all about being in that mindset where you're creating something and then it can apply to more than just your current focus.


Here are some of the creative outlets that I use. Feel free to add your own in a reply to this newsletter and let me know how it impacts your writing.

*Starr* Design: Working with all the elements that comprise design, I can get inspiration for a number of poems or stories. It can be anything from a small piece on a poster I'm making or a social interaction with a client/friend.

*Staro* Video Games: I like to play games during my free time and scenarios that happen in games can be inspiring, like "How can I change this? What else could have happened?"

*Star* Sketching: Using a sketchbook (or the margins of class notebooks) can get the creative juices flowing and can help draw out elements that could go into a piece of writing.

*Starg* LEGO blocks: I am a sucker for LEGO and have been since I was young. The process of building and creating something can get the wheels in your mind turning and I come up with scenarios that could go into writing.

*Starb* Photography: When I go hiking, I always have my DSLR camera with me and like to capture scenes.

*Starv* Personal Fashion: I am very particular about what I wear and how I look, so I use outfits as a creative outlet. This can get me in the mindset to inspire characters, picture how they could look and explore that part of a story.


Using these creative outlets, I can draw in new material for my writing and really help to focus my mind on what I want to say in a piece. You can draw creativity into multiple parts of your life and by branching out into these outlets, you can gain new insight into your own writing and find new things to write about.


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My question for you this time: Do you use other creative outlets? Do you think they help your writing in any way?


Question from before ("For Authors Newsletter (December 31, 2014)" Open in new Window.): What are your goals for yourself this coming year? What are you looking forward to doing with your writing in 2015?


brom21 Author Icon replied: My semi-ultimate goal is to publish. I’m going to try and write what I like and still make it appealing to my readers. One way I want to test myself is to try to get the chapter in the community college writing magazine here in Vegas. I want to see how it sits with an established writing circle. Thanks for the newsletter!


Quick-Quill Author Icon replied: My book will be published in Jan/feb 2015. I will focus on marketing and promotion. My writing goal is to pickup my last MS and begin to rework it.


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