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		<title>Blue Moon Creativity Quirks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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The more I read and experience and observe creative people, the more I notice how we get in our own way and limit our creativity by imposing rules about the conditions we require in order to create. We might be convinced we can only create using specific tools or in a certain setting or under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Time Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Way back in January, I decided to try out a new-to-me technique: selecting a theme word for the new year. So now it&#8217;s time for the first quarterly report.  According to my old MBA training, anyway.
 Have you tried doing this theme word thing? What word(s) did you pick? Or did the theme pick you?
I settled into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>License to Write Badly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a writer, how often do you stop to reread your work and then agonize over what you just wrote because it&#8217;s not perfect? How much time to you spend mulling exactly where to start a scene, debating the perfect first line for the fifth chapter, toying with the perfect verb for a key sentence, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Set Aside Time to Write</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any big writing project, or even a modest writing project (is any writing project modest? I don&#8217;t think so!) requires you to sit down and actually write.  Finding the time to write is a matter of priority setting and a matter of logistics. 
Once you’ve cleaned up your calendar and eliminated any &#8220;extra&#8221; responsibilities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Help Writing 2000 Words a Day</title>
		<link>http://reptitude.com/how-to-tips/writing-daily/get-help-writing-2000-words-a-day/</link>
		<comments>http://reptitude.com/how-to-tips/writing-daily/get-help-writing-2000-words-a-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may be wondering about all the NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month fuss. Wondering why anyone would even want to try to write a novel in a month or 50,000 words of anything in thirty days. At that pace, the quality will be subpar and the burnout risk is above average. Let&#8217;s be bluntly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just in Time for NaNoWriMo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Publishing the first issue of Scoops and Swoops newsletter has emboldened me. The thrill of hitting that send button is close to the terror I feel leaning over a precipice, an abyss, or my balcony. (You can subscribe to it on the sidebar right. Next issue is sometime in November. First issue is archived here.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bribe Yourself to be Creative?</title>
		<link>http://reptitude.com/motivation-inspiration/bribe-yourself-to-be-creative/</link>
		<comments>http://reptitude.com/motivation-inspiration/bribe-yourself-to-be-creative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motivation & Inspiration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beliefs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read the saddest thing, a post at Men with Pens about &#8220;how to bribe yourself to do nasty things,&#8221; meaning all the things you don’t want to do as a freelancer. Things like finish an ebook, finish a press release, make cold calls, write a blog post. 
Apparently, we should reward ourselves with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun Changes Boost Creativity</title>
		<link>http://reptitude.com/how-to-tips/fun-changes-boost-creativity/</link>
		<comments>http://reptitude.com/how-to-tips/fun-changes-boost-creativity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I suggested making small changes to your daily life to help your brain practice thinking in new ways. You can open your mind to new thought patterns by purposely setting yourself up to adapt to change. How did you do?
(Here&#8217;s the list of suggested mind expanding changes.) 
Did it put you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Coffee Shop Creativity Ritual</title>
		<link>http://reptitude.com/creativity/my-coffee-shop-creativity-ritual/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sometimes write in a coffee shop. I might go there because the peeps at home are driving me nuts, sometimes because I am feeling uninspired and hope a short stroll and change of scenery will help jolt my creativity, sometimes because I am away from home and just plain need a pit stop with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Mind Creative Clutter ?</title>
		<link>http://reptitude.com/creativity/do-you-mind-creative-clutter/</link>
		<comments>http://reptitude.com/creativity/do-you-mind-creative-clutter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you think clutter provides a richly stimulating environment for creativity or does it cause confusion in your mind? Some people insist that a neat and tidy environment is a prerequisite for getting down to productive work. I’m not so sure. 
Neat and Tidy is Productive
In her MyAmericanArtist.com blog post Clutter Causes Confusion, Lori Woodward [...]]]></description>
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