6 Photo Ideas for a Lazy Afternoon

Thursday, 13 September 2007, 8:16 | Category : Inspiration, Photography
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Here are some ideas for the unmotivated photographer. Unmotivated writers, see Tuesday’s post: 6 Writing Prompts for a Lazy Afternoon. Take another look at your backyard. You’ve probably taken plenty of photos in your backyard: family gatherings, barbecues, or the kids playing. Look again and and see what details you might have missed. Have you [...]

6 Writing Prompts for a Lazy Afternoon

Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 8:44 | Category : Inspiration, Writing
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I’m completely unmotivated to write today, so I came up with this list of things to jump-start my imagination. Write other people’s lives. Go somewhere there are people (a coffee shop, the mall, a library, etc.) and write stories featuring the characters around you. Why are they there? Who are they talking to and what [...]

Take a Moment to Look Around

Thursday, 6 September 2007, 8:24 | Category : Inspiration
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Dave Barry said there are only two seasons: winter and construction. Here in the Midwest, we have a couple more discernible seasons, but construction does sometimes seem like the defining characteristic of summer. I was waiting for construction on a road where traffic had been running smoothly the day before, when it struck me how [...]