Tag: Buddha
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Musings
This may sound strange, but when I let everything be whatever it wants to be (instead of trying to outright deny or rationalize away this or that), I can focus better, calm naturally arises from within, and it organically quiets any outward turbulence. Maybe my internal allowance is somehow fractalizing through a mirrored existence, where…
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On my creative process…
In my mind, the goal of writing is not to author a one-shot knock-out bestseller. Personally, I think that’s like rushing through a meal so you can enjoy the last bite of a dessert that may or may not come. For me, the goal of writing is to immerse myself in appreciation of each narrative…
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Musings
As I get older, I’ve experienced multiple instances of good turning bad, and bad turning good. It’s encouraged me to tone down the judgment and reactive negativity. On a related note, I’ve come to believe that true abundance isn’t defined by time or material, but from possibility itself. Who knows what opportunities we’ll be able…
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On my creative process…
I have a pretty high criteria for writing–it must be fun, or at the very very VERY least, fulfilling in the net sense of gain versus loss. It’s a terrible way to make money, and, after a certain point, a story will inevitably attract dislike. (My reasoning for that is everyone has a different/unique view…
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Musings
As I get older, I’ve experienced multiple instances of good turning bad, and bad turning good. It’s encouraged me to tone down the judgment and reactive negativity. On a related note, I’ve come to believe that true abundance isn’t defined by time or material, but from possibility itself. Who knows what opportunities we’ll be able…
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On my creative process…
I love editing, and I consider it to be an integral part of writing. For me, editing is where I flesh out the rhythm of the words. It’s where I check the flow between lines, between paragraphs and chapters, how dialogue from one character interacts with another, revealing their base philosophies and to what degree…
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Musings
As I get older, I’ve experienced multiple instances of good turning bad, and bad turning good. It’s encouraged me to tone down the judgment and reactive negativity. On a related note, I’ve come to believe that true abundance isn’t defined by time or material, but from possibility itself. Who knows what opportunities we’ll be able…
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On my creative process…
For me, being creative is an implicit act of trust. I trust in the abundance of ideas, and that if I’m meant to write something, the inspiration will come at the right time and the right place. If someone asks for technical advice, I always defer to Joseph Campbell’s concept of the hero’s journey, the…
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Musings
As I get older, I’ve experienced multiple instances of good turning bad, and bad turning good. It’s encouraged me to tone down the judgment and reactive negativity. On a related note, I’ve come to believe that true abundance isn’t defined by time or material, but from possibility itself. Who knows what opportunities we’ll be able…
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On my creative process…
I used to take notes about my stories, and I still do (any ideas I have after drafting, I’ll compress into a few short sentence fragments enclosed in brackets at the end of the manuscript, to serve as a placeholder for my memory), but other than that, I stopped taking notes because I ended up…