http://talespinner.countwordula.com/2006/02/14/sparking-your-writing-creativity/ Fiction and Non-fiction Tips + Techniques on Writing Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:09:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://talespinner.countwordula.com/2006/02/14/sparking-your-writing-creativity/#comment-392 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:37:52 +0000 http://talespinner.countwordula.com/2006/02/14/sparking-your-writing-creativity/#comment-392 [...] I have finished the “penultimate” versions of most of my completed stories of winter 2002 (about 30-40 shorts), but I have not submitted them to an agent or editor. That’s the next step - gaining confidence. Besides that, though, I’ve learned to spark creativity, set a daily writing quota, and build an active imagination. Waking Hour and Next Stop, Phoenix St, are couple of examples of my speculative fiction generated from my “productive period” of Jan-Mar 2002. The only reason I stopped was that from Mar-Jul 2002, I was working on a non-fiction book. I’ve always found it difficult to work on fiction and non-fiction simultaneously. And since I now write full time as a professional blogger for several clients, I’ve done very little ficiton since 2002. [...] […] I have finished the “penultimate” versions of most of my completed stories of winter 2002 (about 30-40 shorts), but I have not submitted them to an agent or editor. That’s the next step - gaining confidence. Besides that, though, I’ve learned to spark creativity, set a daily writing quota, and build an active imagination. Waking Hour and Next Stop, Phoenix St, are couple of examples of my speculative fiction generated from my “productive period” of Jan-Mar 2002. The only reason I stopped was that from Mar-Jul 2002, I was working on a non-fiction book. I’ve always found it difficult to work on fiction and non-fiction simultaneously. And since I now write full time as a professional blogger for several clients, I’ve done very little ficiton since 2002. […]

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