Creative Journal ~ Writing out your 2018 Creative Projects

Creative Journal

Writing out your 2018

Creative Projects

BLOG SESSION

January 12th, 2018

Welcome back for another great Blog Session Writers and Creatives!  We are going to be covering the topic of Writing out your 2018 Creative Projects.

If you are new here to the Blog, we always take notes in our Journals, so now is the time to grab your Journal and ink pen for tonight's notes...

      Journal Notes

The best thing to do on page one of your Journal is to make a note that to-do-lists are wonderful, but visualizing your Creative Projects works even better.  What do I mean by that?  I mean "seeing" is "doing".

If you like making to-do-list, then try a variation of that activity by getting a pack of post-it notes in a variety of colors...

Post-it Notes

(Variety of Colors)

Once you pick up your post-it-notes in various colors, you may want to get various sizes as well...

Post-It Notes

(Various sizes)

Colorful post-it notes will attract your attention.  Here's what you will do with your post-it notes:

1)  Create drawings on your larger post-it notes;

2)  Add dates and times on your smaller post-it notes;

3)  For instance, if you plan on writing a Novel, then draw your Novel Cover on a larger post-it note, and then write the various choices for your title on the smaller post-it notes;

4)  Add your novel project dates on the smaller post-it notes as well ~ such as the date you intend to complete certain chapters, or the dates you intend to complete your editing, etc.;

5)  Use larger post-it notes to draw out how your characters look (if you are an artist);

6)  Use larger post-it notes to list out the character traits of each of your characters; and

7)  Draw various scenes from your Novel on your larger post-it notes.

Of course, you can always purchase an unlined Journal and draw inside of that versus on your post-it notes.  It is up to you how you would like to use your creativity in relation to whatever project you have in store for 2018.

If you are working on writing a Children's book, you may want to draw out the various scenes on your larger post-it notes . . .

Drawings for Post-it Note

For a Children's Book

(Drawing seen above and below by Artist Don Kenn)

The purpose for using post-it notes to place inside of your Journal is so that you may easily remove them, and replace them if you do edits of your ideas and thoughts.

This is a brief Blog Session just to give you a quick tip for using your creativity in 2018 to keep you on task with your writing and creative projects.  We'll be back with more tips in our next Blog Session!

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

Drawing Ideas

Friends ~ See you in the next fascinating Blog Session!

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

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