Writers, Musicians, Singers, Producers ... All Creatives ~ It is time to snap into your creative zone!

Writers, Musicians, Singers, Producers ...

All Creatives ~ It is time to snap into your creative zone!

BLOG SESSION

January 11th, 2018

Good Afternoon Writers, Musicians, Singers, Producers, and All Creatives ~ We're back to share another wonderful Blog Session to get you inspired for the year 2018!

The first thing we'd like to turn our attention to is the fact that you have skill.  For the purposes of tapping into your creative zone, please grab your Journal or Notebook for this Session to take notes...

Journal Notes

Our mission today is to make sure that you jot down your strengths in terms of those things that you feel you'd like to bring forth in 2018.

Writers getting in gear

If you are a Writer, here is where you will make a note of the type of writings that you will be working on during the year.  If you'd like to write a Novel, jot that down.  If you have already thought of the genres you would like to look into and/or determined the genre that you will be writing under, jot that down.  On the next few pages in your Journal, make a note of everything associated with your Novel that you know so far such as:  Title, synopsis, characters, introduction, your background as a Writer, publishers you have researched, self-publishing notes if you have decided you will self-publish your Novel.

Another note to include is whether or not you will participate in Camp NaNoWriMo this year.  Camp NaNoWriMo for those of you who are not familiar with National Novel Writing Month (Every November) is a camp for Writers that takes place every year (usually twice in the year for two months ~ April & July, but subject to change in terms of the months).  It is a good place for you to dive into your writing online.  You can sign up using the link above, and look around to find out more information.

For those of you who participate in National Novel Writing Month each year in November online at NaNoWriMo.org ~ You may want to plan ahead for your Novel that you will be working on this year.  Now is a good time to search the site, and sign up if you have not already done so.  You'll enjoy the process, and you'll also be able to participate online in the Forums with other Writers like yourself.

Musicians

If you are a Musician, please make a note in your Journal of the various sets that you have planned for 2018.  Jot down the other musicians you will be working with this year, and when and where you will meet for your practice sessions.

If you are planning to travel abroad, be sure to make a note of those places and the details associated with your journey to those venues.

Singers

If you are a Singer, you'll want to make a note of the songs you are working on, your practice schedule, your performances planned, your collaborations, any travel plans for the year, and any other associated details that you need to keep track of for the year.

If you have an Agent, you'll want to keep track of your planned meetings, contracts, and other items of note.

Producers

When we talk about Producers, for our purposes here today, we are talking about a person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of the making of a movie or broadcast or for staging a play, opera, etc.  We are also talking about a person who supervises the making of a musical recording, especially by determining the overall sound.

For all of the Producers here with us today, if you are working on a Film, a television series, a Stage Play, a Radio Broadcast, a Musical recording, or a Video Production, be sure to make a note of your various planned projects for the year.  There are a lot of details involved with production.

Film producers, for instance, fill a variety of roles depending upon the type of producer.  If you are either employed by a production company or an independent producer, you already know that producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting script, coordinating writing, directing and editing, and arranging financing.  During the "discovery stage", the producer has to find and acknowledge promising material.  Then, unless the film is supposed to be based on an original script, the producer has to find an appropriate screenwriter.

We'll be back with more tips for all Creatives in our next Blog Session, so be sure to join us!

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

Creative Journal

Writing out your 2018

Creative Projects

   

Friends ~ See you in the next fascinating Blog Session!

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved

June 2017

Blog Session

Good Afternoon Blog Readers, Followers & Visitors:

Today, we are going to be discussing a topic that may interest you.  We'll be talking about something that you may not have thought about, but you may have experienced and not understood.  We will be talking about this topic for the Readers, Writers, Authors, and aspiring authors who read and follow this Blog.  It is a topic that could use the writing hand of those who have an empathic nature.  More people need to obtain a deeper understanding about this topic.  And more importantly, first-hand experiences.

Have you ever heard of the term, "Empath"?  If not, here is the definition for your Journal or Notebook . . .

An empath having a preternatural ability to apprehend the emotional state of another individual is a person who not only feels the emotions of others, but also has a preternatural ability ~ meaning their ability is beyond what is normal or natural.

There is also another area we will be discussing, and that is the area of "Highly Sensitive People", or HSPs.

There are many empaths that will quickly tell you . . .

"It took me a long time to figure out that I was an Empath, and I sure would like to save other Empaths the pain and exhaustion I went through."

Another Definition of an Empath...

"a person with the paranormal ability to apprehend the mental or emotional state of another individual."

You may wonder, well what does an empath feel?

One thing is certain, empaths feel pain and suffering deeply. An empath is unable to watch war movies, violent movies, or the news without being affected by what they see.  The reason being, they also "feel" what is seen.  An empath will feel what they are seeing in their body as if it is happening to them.

The other things that happen afterwards involve feeling sadness or pain for days on end.  For instance, an empath may see a dog that has been seriously injured by a car, and the empath may stop to care for the injured animal so that it will not suffer.  They will do everything possible to help the dog.  However, the image of the poor injured dog may stay with the empath in their mind for days, and cause the empath to cry in some cases.  This is a description of the deep pain and suffering that some empaths feel.

Just know that upon seeing or hearing about any kind of pain or suffering, an empath will be deeply affected by it, taking it on personally.  People who are friends with an empath will tell them to "just let it go", but an empath can't do that.  They will call the empath a "crybaby" or worst yet, they will not understand and think that the empath is a little off kilter, or say that they are overly emotional.

An empath will be made to feel bad about their sensitivity.  If you have ever been around someone in pain and felt that pain yourself, you will understand what we're discussing.  More than just human pain, an empath will also be likely to be able to connect with the suffering of animals, plants, and nature itself.

Empaths are highly sensitive to the environment.  The change of the weather, storms, and high or low temperatures are felt before hand by an empath.

Here is something that will help you if you think you may be an empath . . .

• You are highly sensitive to the emotions of other people.
• You have the ability to feel the energies of people, places and objects.
• You experience feelings of anxiousness associated with social situations.
• You experience general feelings of anxiousness.
• You experience general feelings of sadness.
• Being around negative people is overwhelming or unbearable for you.
• You experience exhaustion, or feel mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually depleted after being around certain people.
• You frequently experience heightened senses or feelings of sensory overload.
• Your emotions and thoughts are easily influenced by music, tv and/or movies.
• You feel things that you just can’t explain and which you can’t pinpoint the source of where it comes from.

What can you do right now to get in touch with what is going on with you if you think you may be an empath?

First, get a Journal . . .

Journaling for Self Knowledge

The number one skill to becoming an Empath Master is:

1.  First know yourself.  This might sound like an obvious answer to an obvious problem, after all how can you know the difference between what feelings come from “out there” and what feelings come from yourself, if you don’t first know yourself?

2.  Tuning in and balancing the solar plexus chakra is essential to stepping into your own personal power, especially as an Empath and healer.  Because Empaths are so open to the universal energy field, they tend to keep highly active third eye and crown chakras which can cause feelings of anxiety and flightiness.  Without maintaining practices to ground, filter, and balance their energies a lot of amateur empaths feel frequent emotional ups and downs.

3.  Take a look into your past.  Truth be told, it’s not uncommon for Empaths to have been past substance abusers. For many people, taking a deeper look within themselves can be even more uncomfortable than being a sponge of other people’s energy.  As highly sensitive people, many Empaths are wounded healers who have in the past felt experiences so deeply, that it might have seemed like a better option to not feel anything at all.

4.  Have you been numbing the pain or dulling your emotions?  You may have learned a bad habit in your past. But now, as you are growing in your spiritual awakening; it’s time to call it as it is.  Toss out the life tools that aren’t contributing to your growth and begin re-programming your mind-body for successful transformation.  It’s time to feel your life.

5.  Several times each and every day check in with yourself.  Using a scale of 1-10, assess how you are feeling physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.  Take an extra note of why you might be feeling the way that you do. Pay attention and examine if there is an obvious reason for you to be feeling that way.  Is what you are feeling your own energy or someone else’s?

6.  Make a note of the sights, sounds & smells that make you feel good or bad.  Pay attention to how sights, sounds & smells make your body feel.

7.  Pay attention to the people in your life.  How do they make you feel?  Are they sucking the life energy out of you?  Do you feel drained after talking to them or being around them?  Do you feel sad or depressed after being around them?

The Journal Writing is for your enlightenment.  After you have taken an assessment of your "self", and thought about what you have written, you will be on the road to the path that leads to the place wherein you may KNOW THYSELF.

We'll be back with more vital information ...

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

More on Empaths

About "Highly Sensitive People" (HSPs)

A little about Healers

 

Friends ~ See you back here with your Journal!

Peace, Love & Light,

 René

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