Via Pleasure and Pain:
1. Sketch out your ideas.2. Pitch idea to room in 3 min.3. Room gets 2 min to critique: 2-3 strengths, 1-2 improvements to make.4. Bring it to life. Prototype the best idea(s), on paper or digitally, and present to client. Then iterate, iterate, iterate.
I'd like to do something like this in a class.
This past week, my writing partner and I were at the Cathedral Arts Festival, a week-long event in our city. Every year, at the end of the celebration, several blocks of a street are closed for a fair filled with music, food, arts, and crafts. It's a fun
Yesterday's newsletter didn't go to the right group, so I had to resend it tonight. It may even come out after I'm finished with this blog post. I finished it early yesterday, did several edits, then had my wife read it before I sent
Write a blog post every day. Write your book every day. Show love to those close to you. Take walks. Exercise. Read. Each of these is a small pebble in the pond that ripples forward and backward through your life. Throw enough, and eventually, they'll ripple back. (h/
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