Writing

10 Tips for Maintaining Creative Steam

As time wears on and other responsibilities suck up time and energy, it’s easy to put creating aside, gradually slipping off the wagon until you lose momentum entirely. Not to mention, being highly productive for a full month isn’t always realistic.

Here are ten tried and tested tips for when you lose your creative steam.

Celebrating Snail Mail: Rediscovering the Joy of Writing Letters

The act of writing forces us to slow down. The empty page isn’t just another open tab on the screen. The absence of the blinking text cursor at the top of a blank page allows the writer time to think. It’s a reflective and purposeful experience that doesn’t demand an immediate reaction. There’s no room for rapid task switching: it holds our attention as we concentrate on sharing our stories and filling the page by drawing each word, one letter at a time.