You know that “Shoulda said” moment? For me it happens on the drive home or in the middle of the night, as I replay a situation in my head, and wham, I shoulda said… Valentine’s Day, in modern times, is relegated to candy hearts and little paper greeting cards, and is largely a holiday dedicated … [Read more…]
[This article on creativity and finding your muse was recently published on Medium.] Oh, that elusive muse… By Annalisa Parent I recently had the honor of presenting to the League of Vermont Writers at their annual meeting. I got to speak on one of my favorite topics: accessing creativity. There are a lot of ideas out there … [Read more…]
There are a lot of ideas out there that creativity only belongs to “creative types” such as Dickens, DaVinci or Debussy. Thank goodness this is just a myth. Creativity is something any person can access at any time– for painting, sculpting, writing? Sure. But for problem solving of any kind– cooking, engineering, or a roadside … [Read more…]
I teach a memoir class once a week in a continuing education program. Each week I give the participants a prompt. Oftentimes they will bring back what they’ve written over the week in response to the prompt. Some are better than others; here is one that yielded a lot of good writing and discussion. Where … [Read more…]