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How to escape creative block.
In its simplest form, Creative Block (as a writer) is where when you sit down at your keyboard, your fingertips graze the keys, but then nothing comes. Your vivid mind sinks into a wasteland or a desert with tumbleweeds and scarce cacti. The definition changes slightly from person to person, but one thing we can…
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Patience.
One of the flaws of an ambitious creative is our hunger to be the best and to be the best right this minute. It’s all-consuming. We’re desperate to leave our mark on the world and mercilessly hope the mark is profound. A trap many of us fall into (myself included) is being so desperate for…
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2020 round up.
This year, I have had over 125 rejections, and that, at times, has really dropped my confidence. HOWEVER, I have had some incredible wins that I am so grateful for this year. Here is my round-up! I made a short film with some really amazing people. The short film in question, She Lives Alone, has…
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5 lessons from 2020.
In 2020, we’ve all had euphoric highs and devastating lows. I’ve experienced some of the darkest moments of my life in this strange chapter I’m eager to close, but I can’t deny that it has been full of lessons. Across the year, there have been five major takeaways, and I wanted to share them with…
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Creativity and wellness.
The subject of the struggling artist stereotype has long been an interest of mine. Finding happiness in pursuing creativity is difficult if you are under-privileged, because the creative industries, by nature, reject us. There are great auteurs, all of whom are quite well-off, and usually based in London, New York, LA, Paris or another city…
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Behind the curtain.
For as long as I can remember, I have had a very morbid curiosity with dead things. No sick wonder is derived from this fascination of mine, instead, an overwhelming view of all the answers we are not afforded in life. I remember the first time I saw a dead body and how I simply…
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Finding horror.
Originally Published on 17.07.2020 I always thought that I could somehow make my trauma easy to digest if I explored it making sensible and sophisticated, quiet stories, but I’ve realised that you cannot make something that is inherently ugly into something beautiful and you cannot make something inherently loud into something quiet. Like most, I’ve learned…
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Fearsome block.
Originally Published on 26.04.2020 At the beginning of this lockdown, I think, collectively, we all said I’m going to finish my magnum opus. It was a joyful thought. There was a moment, amongst the darkness, where we could hold on to hope, but it was very fleeting. To me, there is nothing more dangerous than writer’s…
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Beautiful beginnings.
Originally Published on 06.04.2020 I don’t know about you, but I’ve been feeling pretty anxious as of late. Projects that were blossoming and turning into something beautiful before the lockdown have since wilted and ideas I desperately wanted to explore have lost their value amidst all the anxiety. Hopefully, I am not alone when I sit…
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Silver linings.
Originally Published on 16.03.2020 I experience writer’s block a lot and frequently find myself met with the phrase ‘there is no such thing as writer’s block, only poor writers.’ Being completely incapable of hiding my emotions, I frown and furrow my brow. That sort of phrase is an easy way to degrade yourself and make…
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