It’s been about a year since I last posted Elizabeth (“Eat, Pray, Love” author) Gilbert’s TED talk on creativity. Her take on the creative process is fascinating and liberating, and begs the question posed for today’s PROMPT:
What is creativity to you?
This is a boundary-less and limit-less prompt. You can write what you believe creativity is, or where it comes from, or post a nonsense poem. It’s all creative in my book.
Please post your thoughts in the comments OR post in your blog and leave a link to your blog in the comments.
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To me, the most important (and elusive aspect) of writing is the simple motto “Show! Don’t Tell!” The “showing,” in addition to a compelling plot, is what distinguishes good writing from dull writing. I struggle with this.
Today, when emailing a friend with a writing critique, I ran across this article, which I enjoyed:
http://users.wirefire.com/tritt/tip1.html
I’ll summarize with a short “crumping” poem:
Don’t Tell! Show!
Stupid mofo!
(repeat)
(Sung to the tune of “Pants on the Ground.”)
And here is a haiku that I wrote to immortalize this concept:
Quill dips . . .
Exact descriptions inked onto parchment
The readers snooze.
My best to all . . .
— Wade Nash