Exercise your way to increased creativity and better writing
Last week I wrote a post Meditate your way to better writing where I talked about how meditation can quiet the mind and give your brain a “rest.” I argued that when the mind is emptied out of all the distractions that life throws at us, it makes room to be more creative and improve your writing.
I’m continuing this theme of healthy ways to better writing (a theme I did not plan ahead of time, it just kinda happened) by talking about exercise and how it can have a positive impact on your creativity and writing. Exercise is obviously one of the most healthy activities one can pursue as it helps keep you in shape and reduces the risk of a lot of diseases.
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short stories, and usually end up favoring one while letting the other collect dust on my desk. The story that always collects dust is the one I have the hardest time with (either with plot, characters, etc). This is a bad habit because most problems writing fiction can be worked out with enough time and effort.
I think large publishing houses are scared, and for good reason. They’re faced with an enemy that they see as a threat to their business. I’m talking about the growing number of indie authors – those who totally bypass the large publishing houses and self-publish their books in print and digital format. Indie authors aren’t afraid to trek out on their own and play by their own rules.
Anthony, Mar 15, 2010 re: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter, ebooks, and the definition of irony