QWERTY Writing Life Podcast
166 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCandid chats about our creative lives
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Interview with a Creative: Mea Smith: Creativity and Our Worth
April 15, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBAuthor Mea Smith discusses her journey through determining her worth and shares epiphanies about how it connects to creativity in this special QWERTY interview with a creative. Joy E. Rancatore asks Mea foundational and process questions and prompts her to share a special QWERTY challenge with listeners. Tune in to be inspired, enlightened and uplifted. Check out the episode about Mea’s poetry book referenced in the show: QWERTY Writing Life, Season 2, Episode 47: “A Poetic Arc: The Birt...
The Importance of Motivation in Creativity
April 01, 2024 23:00 - 31 minutes - 60.1 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith dispel negative emotions toward motivation in the creative life for Episode 15 in Season 5 of QWERTY Writing Life. They present a QWERTY theory about the aspects of motivation and two QWERTY-identified types of motivation. Personal examples from their recent creative lives show how they arrived at this candid chat. And, they end with ten observations about motivation and a practical implementation that flows into the QWERTY Challenge. Check out th...
Motivation to Move
March 18, 2024 23:00 - 33 minutes - 62.2 MBRecently, authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith met with a group of writers on a college campus. One of the students asked a question that has spurred ongoing conversation between Mea and Joy … and this episode! “What is your motivation to publish? What keeps your butt in the chair to finish a project and get it out there?” Listen in as Joy and Mea share specific answers to how they achieved publication of some of their books as well as more general reasons behind why they choose to share...
Benefits of Writing Across Formats
March 05, 2024 00:00 - 31 minutes - 59.7 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith highlight five benefits of writing across formats and genres in this episode of QWERTY Writing Life. They pull from their work and life experiences to exemplify each point and challenge listeners to add to the conversation. Check out the links referenced in the show: Joy’s Summer Reading Challenge: https://joyerancatore.com/summer-reading/ QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 3, Episode 17, “Fundamental Standards for Creatives”: https://qwertywritingl...
Balancing Vulnerability and Memories in Art
February 20, 2024 00:02 - 53 minutes - 100 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith approach a challenging topic in Season 5, Episode 12 of QWERTY Writing Life—how to balance vulnerability and memories in art. They offer five tips to avoid unhealthy bleeding out of emotions in public art while still seizing the opportunity to heal through creativity. In addition to practical tips creatives can implement, Joy and Mea share personal examples from their own books to show how they’ve used or are using their tips to share emotional pieces ...
How Do We Add to the Great Conversation?
February 06, 2024 00:00 - 46 minutes - 87.5 MBIn Season 5, Episode 11 of QWERTY Writing Life, authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith answer the question, “How do we add to the Great Conversation?” To do that, they came up with four thoughts on the how of it all to round out this mini series on the Great Conversation. Check out the episodes and books referenced in the show: QWERTY Writing Life, Season 5, Episode 5, Interview with a Creative: Dan Blank on Creative Place & Purpose podcast episode: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/...
Why Should We Care About the Great Conversation?
January 16, 2024 00:00 - 29 minutes - 56 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith dive deeper into the topic of the Great Conversation as they answer the question, “Why Care About the Great Conversation?” They share three primary “whys” and then go further in regards specifically to literature with seven benefits to that creative medium. Check out the book referenced in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers Subscribe to th...
What is the Great Conversation?
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 29 minutes - 54.9 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith begin a few thoughts about the Great Conversation. In Episode 9 of Season 5’s QWERTY Writing Life, they seek to answer the question “What is the Great Conversation?” Check out the links referenced in the show: Joy’s 12 Days of Reading https://www.facebook.com/groups/twelvedaysofreading Simon Schama, The Power of Art https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19797.The_Power_of_Art Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces https://www.goodreads.com/b...
Jumpstart Creativity with Prompts
December 19, 2023 00:00 - 47 minutes - 90.9 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith encourage creatives to play this holiday season and jumpstart their creativity with prompts. In this episode of QWERTY Writing Life, they give five types of prompts for creatives and then share examples from their lives of how each can be used. Check out the links referenced in the show: Blog Battle: https://bbprompt.com/ Tales of the Faerie Shepherds (stories by Joy, many inspired by Blog Battle prompts): https://joyerancatore.com/my-writings/tales-...
What Will You Sacrifice for Your Art?
December 05, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith continue season five’s extra candid format in an episode about sacrifice. They discuss people’s natural aversion to the word as well as the importance of it and how it ties into a creative’s life and art. As with many other introspective topics, asking “What will you sacrifice for your art?” requires a balancing act. Joy and Mea share a few of their tendencies to tip to one extreme or another and some practical steps they have taken or are taking to av...
Redefining Self Care
November 21, 2023 00:00 - 48 minutes - 91.9 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith present perhaps their most candid QWERTY Writing Life episode yet. They don’t have any earth-shattering answers for the questions they pose on the topic of redefining self care. What they do have are honest reflections from their own lives and examples of how to redefine self care, specifically for the creative life. As shared in the show, this is the QWERTY Definition of Self-Care: How we care for ourselves physically, emotionally, mentally and spiri...
Interview with a Creative: Dan Blank on Creative Place & Purpose
November 07, 2023 00:00 - 53 minutes - 102 MBDan Blank, founder of WeGrowMedia, visits QWERTY Writing Life and chats with authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith about Creative Place and Purpose. He gives practical tips on how to take overwhelming aspects of the creative life—marketing, author platform, author purpose and mission statements, collaborations and audience—and make them manageable, approachable and even fun. Dan also explains his "human-centered approach to marketing" and shows how it plays out in the lives of authors thr...
Where Is Your Art’s Place in the Creative World?
October 16, 2023 23:00 - 38 minutes - 72.7 MBIn Season 5, Episode 4 of QWERTY Writing Life, Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith bring back a previous question, with a twist. Where Is Your Art’s Place in the Creative World? Answering where an artist fits in the creative world is one challenge that comes with easy to follow questions. Placing art, though, can be more complicated. Joy and Mea share three perspectives to ease the task and guide fellow creatives. Check out the links referenced in the show: QWERTY Writing Life Podcast...
Authors and Readers: Let’s Get Together!
October 02, 2023 23:00 - 29 minutes - 55.5 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith tackle a huge topic in this episode of QWERTY Writing Life: bringing Authors and Readers together. They seek to reduce the overwhelm of the topic, though, through a set of six lessons they’ve learned over their years as Creatives. Check out the links referenced in the show as well as a few suggestions for fellow authors seeking to identify their ideal readers: QWERTY Writing Life Podcast, Season 5, Episode 1, “Calibrate Your Creative Purpose”: https:...
Where Is Your Place in the Creative World?
September 18, 2023 23:00 - 32 minutes - 60.5 MBSince childhood, people ask that loaded question: “Where Do I Fit In?” Creatives still ask that question, but with a twist: “Where Is My Place in the Creative World?” Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith have asked the same question, and they’ve developed a three-tiered approach to help Creatives answer where they belong. In this episode, Joy and Mea provide Creatives with 11 questions to answer. These prompts cover the first two tiers of finding your place in the creative world. The th...
Calibrate Your Creative Purpose
September 04, 2023 23:00 - 23 minutes - 44.2 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith have been prepping for a life-changing literary submission. As part of that, they must submit an Artist’s Statement. Neither of them was sure what that was, but after a bit of research, they discovered they’ve been crafting theirs for the past several years. Listen in as they take this discovery and share how their statements have developed organically over their time as evolving creatives. In reference to their creative purposes, Joy and Mea explain h...
Reflections on Season Four of QWL
May 23, 2023 02:58 - 35 minutes - 66.2 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith reflect on the fourth season of QWERTY Writing Life and celebrate the highlights while announcing plans for the future. Tune in for opportunities to weigh in on upcoming creative opportunities and a challenge to help you plan your next steps. Check out the book and the previous episodes referenced in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers QWER...
Reflecting on a Creative Project
May 08, 2023 23:00 - 23 minutes - 44.4 MBSeason Four of QWERTY Writing Life has been full of productivity, surprises and lessons learned. Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith reflect on the season and the projects they have managed along the way. Tune in for thoughts on embracing the finiteness of time and the depth we add to our creative selves when we simply live life and much more. The QWERTY Challenge is geared toward helping you celebrate your creative accomplishments. Check out the book and the previous episodes reference...
Creative Momentum: Returning to a Project
April 18, 2023 02:04 - 19 minutes - 36 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith got together in person to complete the project they’ve been working on throughout Season Four. Tune in to hear how it went and what else the duo accomplished while they were together. As usual, the QWERTYs have insights and tips to share through this candid chat from their creative lives. Check out these links mentioned in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.c...
Getting Creative with Perspectives
April 04, 2023 03:29 - 32 minutes - 60.4 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith understand what it’s like to feel stuck or uncertain in the creative process. They propose we all approach our creative endeavors from a new perspective, every now and then. Tune in for six distinct creative perspectives, complete with examples from various mediums. Accept the QWERTY Challenge to share your own examples, as well as other perspectives you’ve utilized. Check out these links mentioned in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach t...
Creatively Redeeming a Time Gap
March 20, 2023 23:00 - 22 minutes - 41.4 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith found themselves with an unexpected time gap in their current creative project and found a way to creatively redeem that gift. Tune in for a few tips and tricks for making the most of the gift of time in this episode of QWERTY Writing Life. Check out these links mentioned in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers QWERTY Writing Life, Season 4,...
When Your Pivot Needs to Pivot
March 07, 2023 03:15 - 30 minutes - 57.4 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith share some words of wisdom for fellow creatives who find themselves in need of a double pivot. Creative processes require flexibility and introspection. When creatives try something new, it may work great; other times, though, that new approach may need some alterations. Check out these links mentioned in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers ...
Creativity: Are You Sitting or Steeping? Part 2
February 21, 2023 04:01 - 49 minutes - 91.5 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith follow up their previous episode with a look at how creative habits can keep us from falling into the procrastination trap and avoid stagnant sitting. From there, they offer practical tips to enhance the steeping stage and get all we can from times of percolation. Check out these links mentioned in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers GOOD, ...
Creativity: Are You Sitting or Steeping? Part 1
February 07, 2023 00:00 - 52 minutes - 97.7 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith discuss the difference between sitting and steeping, creatively speaking. Creatives can commonly fall into a time of procrastination or of percolation. Often, the line between the two can be a bit blurry, and we may not always recognize which one we are doing. In episode 11 of season 4 of QWERTY Writing Life, Joy and Mea provide examples of each and leave you with two surefire ways to know which you’re doing. Check out these links mentioned in the sho...
What You Need to Build on a Completed Project
January 17, 2023 00:00 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith continued discussion about new creative projects coming from past ones makes the perfect starting point for any creative considering a new work-in-progress. They share the top five needs a Creative should meet in order to begin a new project. Check out these links mentioned in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers Any Good Thing and Carolina...
How Past Projects Fuel New Creative Works
January 03, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutes - 68.3 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith chat about how past projects can fuel new creative works as they consider both internal and external sources for ideas. Packed full of examples, this episode includes the QWERTYs’ tips and suggestions with a two-part Challenge to get creatives started. Check out the links mentioned in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers Any Good Thing and C...
Go Introspect Yourself!
December 20, 2022 00:00 - 35 minutes - 65 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith relay a piece of repeated advice from a new perspective. Creatives’ introspection benefits their work, their lives and so much more. Find out how in Season 4, Episode 8 and then go introspect yourself! Check out these links mentioned in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers Subscribe to the QWERTY’s monthly newsletter (be sure to click the bo...
Artist as a Work in Progress
December 06, 2022 00:00 - 35 minutes - 65.3 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith examine the idea of the artist as a work in progress. While Creatives’ products grow and evolve over time, so do the Creators. Joy and Mea discuss some surprising benefits to this reality as well as the source of their epiphany in this episode. Check out these links mentioned in the show: Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospress.com/finders-keepers J.F. Penn’s Arkane series:...
How to Drop a Project
November 15, 2022 00:00 - 45 minutes - 83.9 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith asked themselves a tough question for this episode, “Are we willing to drop this project, even after years of blood, sweat and tears.” Their candid answer inspired reflection and epiphanies they had to share with fellow creatives. For more about NaNoWriMo and the hosts’ book, head to these links: National Novel Writing Month, AKA NaNoWriMo: https://nanowrimo.org/ Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: ht...
How to Hug an Elephant … Creatively Speaking
October 31, 2022 23:00 - 37 minutes - 69.8 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith decide to break it down and hug their elephant project … one small part at a time! What projects are overwhelming you with their size today? Perhaps you can take the practical tips in this episode to hug your own gentle giant! For more about the books mentioned in the show, here are the links: Mea’s book, Grief Like a River: https://storyswell.net/books Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www...
4.4: How to Continue a Project When the Wheels Fall Off
October 18, 2022 03:19 - 31 minutes - 57.8 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith continue work on their joint project, despite upheaval in their personal lives. Tune in to find out the next steps they’ve taken and decisions they’ve made; plus, you’ll hear a few tips for continuing a project when the wheels fall off! If you’d like more information on previous episodes and other fun shareables mentioned in the show, here are the links: Mea’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/measmithwrites/ Finders Keepers: A Practical App...
The Relevancy Of Creative Potential
October 04, 2022 02:49 - 18 minutes - 34.7 MBAuthor Mea Smith takes a solo journey in episode three as she dives into whether defining creative potential is helpful or harmful. The answer might surprise you! Links mentioned in this episode: Go & Tell Gals, How Do I Live Up To My Potential? https://open.spotify.com/episode/40yjvz0Gj5pFnZtlUFo6TW?si=L5NG8HZNSiaiJw7yAkcIOw QWERTY Writing Life, Created to Create https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/created-to-create-1568658626/ Subscribe to our monthly newsletter (be sure t...
You’ve Chosen a Project. Now What?
September 20, 2022 03:42 - 43 minutes - 80.1 MBJoin authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith as they share a candid conversation on the next step in their chosen project, their creative journeys, and their personal lives. The following episodes pair well with this one: Choosing Your Next Project: Season 4, episode 1: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/choosing-your-next-project/ Blockades to Creating, Part 1: Season 1, Episode 1: https://youtu.be/OLv1RYkGQ-0 Blockades to Creating, Part 2: Season 1, Episode 2: https://youtu.be/jc...
Choosing Your Next Project
September 05, 2022 23:00 - 50 minutes - 93.9 MBSeason 4 of QWERTY Writing Life kicks off with a productive bang, as authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith share their approach to choosing the next QWERTY project. Listen in as they recap their challenges, epiphanies, lessons learned and best tips for working together on choosing their next collaborative project. If you’d like more information on episodes or products mentioned in the show, here are the links: Fundamental Standards for Creatives, Season 3, Episode 17: https://qwertywriti...
Season Three Recap and Our QWERTY Future
May 16, 2022 23:00 - 31 minutes - 57.6 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith reflect on their third season of QWERTY Writing Life and share your favorite episodes and theirs. They also share what the winds of change are blowing in for QWERTY Writing Life. Tune in for a peek at what’s coming! If you’d like to listen to the episodes we mentioned in the show for the first … or fifteenth! … time, here are the links: QWERTY Workshop: Starting a Story Together: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/qwerty-workshop-starting-a-story...
What’s Saving Our Creative Lives
May 03, 2022 03:47 - 42 minutes - 79.2 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith answer the question, What’s Saving Our Creative Lives? Their answers come coated in candor and practicality. Send them a message with your answers as well, and they might just read them on a future episode! To learn more about the episode’s inspiration and the tools mentioned, visit the following links: The Next Right Thing Podcast: Emily P. Freeman: https://emilypfreeman.com/podcast/222/ Aqua Notes: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A3VJ7UK Gold Bond C...
Waiting on the Muse
April 18, 2022 23:00 - 27 minutes - 51.4 MBCreatives tend to spend much of their valuable time “Waiting on the Muse.” Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith debunk some misconceptions and encourage fellow Creatives to journey with the Muse in mind. Listen to Season 3, Episode 20, Creative Trust: https://qwertywritinglife.podbean.com/e/creative-trust-trusting-yourself-in-creative-endeavors/ Continue the conversation and stay in the know for all things QWERTY—subscribe to their monthly newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com/webfo...
Fear of Success
April 05, 2022 01:45 - 36 minutes - 68.6 MBCreatives often discuss fear, but Fear of Success isn’t always up for discussion. The Fear of Success can cripple a Creative. It can render us incapable of producing creative works. It can trick us into not even trying. It can stifle our voice and convince us of every misbelief in the book that keeps us from reaching our full potential as creative entrepreneurs. Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith take a stand against this monster and share their experiences, along with a few tips that ...
Creative Trust: Trusting Yourself in Creative Endeavors
March 14, 2022 23:00 - 58 minutes - 108 MBDo you struggle with trusting yourself when it comes to your creative pursuits? Do you doubt your abilities or count your work’s worth short? Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith have been there, too. Tune in to this episode for a candid chat on the dangers of lacking creative trust and some of the misbeliefs that lead to such a mindset. Joy and Mea also share a few tips for how they overcome their self distrust. Check out links for mentions from this episode: Anna Bright, author of Beh...
Creative Kits for Publicity and Audience
March 01, 2022 04:16 - 48 minutes - 91.7 MBHow can creatives be prepared at all times for interactions with influencers or consumers of their art? Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith suggest Creative Kits. Investing time and resources into preparing these items—either hard copy or digital or both—allows creatives the freedom to make the most of any opportunity that comes their way. In this episode, learn more about what these kits are, what they might include, how to put them together, where to house them and what tips Joy and M...
Finding Your Creative Business Focus
February 15, 2022 00:00 - 44 minutes - 82.8 MBBusiness owners consider Focus one of the top tools of their trade, regardless of the type of work they do. Creative Business Owners are no different; in fact, as authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith share in this episode, Focus is an ever-changing constant for them. With each new season, they must reevaluate their Focus and determine how to achieve the goals that are most vital to their creativity and business at that time. Follow these links to dig deeper into the topic: Dan Blank’s we...
Fundamental Standards for Creatives
February 01, 2022 00:00 - 29 minutes - 55.5 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith explore the importance of Fundamental Standards for Creatives. These core values or beliefs can be used as a tool to guide reactions to readers, publishers and reviewers or to influence business decisions. Listen in for definitions of Fundamental Standards and Touchstone Affirmations, examples from the authors’ own businesses and four action steps to turn this concept into practical use. If you’d like to subscribe to the monthly QWERTY Writing Life new...
Creatives, Assemble! Co-Writing Nonfiction
January 18, 2022 00:00 - 34 minutes - 64.3 MBYou want to collaborate with a partner to produce something big—maybe a book? In this episode, authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith bring you some tips that have helped them launch a nonfiction book, a podcast and a brand together. In keeping with their candid style, Joy and Mea keep this topic real and raw and fun. Learn more about their book on writing critique partners, Finders Keepers: A Practical Approach to Find and Keep Your Writing Critique Partner: https://www.logosandmythospres...
A Creative Approach to Beginnings
January 04, 2022 00:00 - 28 minutes - 53.8 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith view a new year through a different lens. Join them for A Creative Approach to Beginnings. The key to approaching something new with lessons in tow might rest in spending a few extra moments with past failures or suffering. Learn more about Abigail Dodds and her book, (A)Typical Woman: Free, Whole and Called in Christ, at her website: https://hopeandstay.com. Find out more about Mea’s book, Grief Like a River, including where to get your own copy, on ...
QWERTY Workshop: Starting a Story Together
December 21, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 153 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith take inspiration from the Writing with Maggie Stiefvater seminar and put their QWERTY twist on an exercise for a special workshop—Starting a Story Together. Tune in for some tips on how to collaborate with a creative friend on a new type of project. How could a creative team-up boost your personal projects or pave the way for new opportunities in the future? If you’re a writer, check out the highly recommended Writing with Maggie Stiefvater Course: ht...
The Lighter Things: Entertainment That Inspires
December 07, 2021 01:37 - 41 minutes - 76.8 MBIn this episode of QWERTY Writing Life, authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith consider the topic “Filling the Creative Well” from a different perspective. They examine how consuming entertainment, for the creative, is a deeper pastime. Creative stimulation continues with the reflection afterward. With this combination of consuming entertainment with a creative spirit and a reflection on what it has given comes the incorporation of these new thoughts and ideas into personal creativity. Chec...
The Little Things: Gratitude & Creativity
November 16, 2021 03:00 - 29 minutes - 55.9 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith give thanks for the “little things.” Listen in to their candid chat about how the holidays often cause us to put on blinders to the good things around us. Those blinders keep our focus locked on to whatever big emotions we are feeling and how those feels are affecting us. When we recognize the blinders for what they are and cast them aside, we can finally notice the “little things”—flowers, a breeze, the sunlight through the trees. Soon, these “little”...
Creative Ways to Binge Your Craft
November 02, 2021 00:50 - 19 minutes - 36.2 MBBingeing craft techniques allows Creatives to immerse themselves in learning or inspiration, but it’s not always possible in traditional ways. Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith color outside the lines with a few unusual ways to accomplish this feat. They split bingeing into three categories and give examples of each from their own lives. Creatives can binge their craft through creative instruction, practice and consumption. As the co-hosts discuss, it’s important to explore all three t...
Realistic Creatives: How to be One
October 18, 2021 23:00 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MBTo close out this three-part series on Realistic Creatives, authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith recap what they’ve learned and shared so far in order to answer one final practical question: “How can we alter our mindset to be a Realistic Creative … without wrecking our Dreamer status?” Listen in to a previous episode mentioned in this show: Season 1, Episode 35, Goal Planning with 2020 Vision, Part 1 If you want to stay in the know and help influence future episodes, subscribe to the m...
Realistic Creatives: Who They Aren’t
October 04, 2021 23:00 - 29 minutes - 54.2 MBAuthors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith continue a three-part series on Realistic Creatives. In this second episode, they identify a few characteristics of who Realistic Creatives are not. Check out the links we mentioned in the show: Writing with Maggie Stiefvater Course Season 2, Episode 4: Getting the Most from Creative Instruction, Part 1 If you want to stay in the know and help influence future episodes, subscribe to the monthly QWERTY Writing Life newsletter: https://landing.mailer...