by Shawn Radcliffe | May 18, 2012 | Creativity, Meditation, Writing
At some point, all writers confront writer’s block. Many methods exist to help you unleash your creative thinking, some even created by published authors or famous writing teachers. These exercises for stimulating creative thinking can sometimes help you break free of...
by Shawn Radcliffe | May 8, 2012 | Creativity, Writing
Finding time to write is challenging. I squeeze words and sentences—and if I’m lucky, the occasional paragraph—into the spaces that occupy my day in between writing articles about science topics like yogurt and testicles, or dinosaurs farts, or the daily tasks of...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Apr 27, 2012 | Business, Creativity
Creativity will save the world. To business leaders, this means more than just creating new works of art or Pulitzer Prize winning literature. The global economy depends upon people and businesses thinking differently, according to Jonah Lehrer, author of Imagine....
by Shawn Radcliffe | Apr 16, 2012 | Creativity, Writing
Creativity is the bread and butter of fiction writers. Well, that, and alcohol. Many great writers of the twentieth century struggled with alcohol, including Ernest Hemingway, John Cheever, and Jack Kerouac. The prevalence of alcohol in writers’ lives is so strong...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jan 25, 2012 | Writing
Sentences are sometimes like meetings: they never seem to end. Sure, fill your essay with your amazing thoughts, but don’t let them run together. Besides, longer isn’t always better. Try shorter sentences. Make your point sooner. This also works well in interviews and...