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		<title>Creativity can be so Messy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A behind the scenes look at a Real Artist or Real Writer or Real Creative-Person-Doing-Fill-in-the-Blank in action frequently reveals a less than neat and tidy process going on.
Let&#8217;s face it, the creative product is the result of many forces at work over a period of time. Some of these forces are predictable, like learning the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>License to Write Badly</title>
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		<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>Protect Your Writing Time</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family and friends must understand that your writing time is important. It&#8217;s beyond important: it&#8217;s sacrosanct. It&#8217;s not interruptible. But it&#8217;s not fair to ask family and friends to allow you the time you need to write &#8212; to take your writing seriously and to support your creative efforts &#8212; unless you yourself take it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Small Changes Increase Creativity</title>
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		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ultimately, whether creative ideas are large or small, they are firmly rooted in the details we process through our minds. Every new idea, regardless of scope, begins from a small detail, something that catches our attention and holds us rapt long enough to think outside the immediate. All it takes for this to occur is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creativity Takes Mental Energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Martin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Coaching the Artist Within, creativity expert Eric Maisel discusses the mental energy required to create. Unlike physical energy which is based on food/sleep inputs, mental energy depends on your interest, passion, desire, concern – the intensity you apply to creating. Your mental energy is depleted by mental activity, including creating – and not creating! [...]]]></description>
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