# The Creative Mind

Family movie nights were over. In their place were Bible meetings, group prayer sessions, and at least three services a week. It felt like losing my dad all over again.

In less than 76 words.

The 90s didn’t have ASMR, but it did have the rhythmic whir of the sewing machine and my mother cursing.

Ritualizing your writing can also help you build a habit that feels easier the more you attempt to accomplish.

You decide you want to do a Thing. You want to be a Role. This could be Author, or Screenwriter, or Cartographer, it doesn't matter what it might be because you're going to do it, and it's going to bring you great joy.

The worst story ideas are the ones that feel safe and familiar.

Day Seven came, and slow acceptance crept in. Or maybe it was realizing we may be mid-life, but we’re both still a little too cute for prison.

... trolls will troll. They spiral your brain into a dark abyss, yet rarely espouse the value of patience. Or practice. Or dedication. Or how many drafts you’ll write before anyone finds your words worth reading.

... if we’re doing the creative work solely for a perceived outcome—fame, money, status—we’re missing a whole lot along the way. We’re missing the point; actually.

... getting out of the house does you good, and it can help open up your brain to new possibilities that a search engine simply cannot.

Unwilling to learn how your given industry works? Then a writing career is not for you.

Maybe it’s not the Yes-givers in charge we’re seeking to impress anymore, but each other.

One of our dreams had to die for the other's to survive.

Writing is not a choice, but a lifestyle and you get out of it what you put into it.

You feel as if you’re in a rip current, paddling and paddling, yet getting farther from your goals.