darren r hill

the creative minimalist

  • A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. It should be right where I left it on the cabinet, but it’s gone Writing Prompt Expanded This fiction writing prompt is all about exploring… well, exploring. Or more accurately, exploring a situation that begins with nothing…

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  • A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. I was waiting. It seemed like forever. How much longer? Writing Prompt Expanded It’s time to delve into our emotions with this week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt. We’re waiting for something. It can be anything, the choice,…

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  • My November Journal and Planner set-up. A walk through my planners, journals and other creative bits and pieces. My current set-up this November is a mashup of Bullet Journals, daily journals and junk journals. Oh, and I am also using Things on the computer to keep track of digital projects. It seems my journey to…

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  • A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. ‘I reached into my bag for my purse/wallet but it wasn’t there! How would I pay?’ Writing Prompt Expanded This week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt is all about getting out of a sticky situation. It’s about crafting…

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  • I seem to be struggling with a few things at the moment. So much I want to say, yet can’t. So much I want to do, yet can’t. And all the reasons I can’t are out of my hands, out of my control. And I am finding it far too easy to focus on those…

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  • A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. I recognised the sender’s postmark. But why contact me now, and in this old, traditional way? Writing Prompt Expanded This Friday Fiction Writing Prompt is all about the reveal. The narrator has received a letter. The postmark…

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  • Creativity: Helps and Hindrances

    Creativity: Helps and Hindrances

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    Month end gives me a pause for reflection to review what is helping and hindering my creative journey. My latest vlog looks at the helps and hindrances to a creative life from my own recent experience.

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  • Create in Uncertain Times

    Create in Uncertain Times

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    Elections, wars, rumours of wars, and AI developments all add to uncertainty in the creative ether. Our creative sponge-like souls can struggle in times of uncertainty. In this week’s vlog, I offer a few solutions, or soulutions, to help us remain creative during these times. 

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  • Valid excuses for no creativity

    Valid excuses for no creativity

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    I return from a brief vlogging hiatus with a raft of excuses, some more feasible and valid than others. The creative path is winding, and sometimes there are valid reasons for not being creative. In this week’s vlog I try to explain.

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  • Completing a creative project

    Completing a creative project

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    In a productive moment, I finished a creative project. In a surreal moment, I decided to interview myself about the challenges, practicalities and what exactly that creative project was. In a recorded moment, I present this week’s vlog about completing a creative project.

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  • Meandering with purpose for creativity

    Meandering with purpose for creativity

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    There are times when being creative, writing, painting, making music or any creative activity just isn’t working out. At those times it may be that we need a break, or as I like to call it, meandering with purpose. This week’s vlog explores when and why a little meander might be just what we need.

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  • Mountains as a creative metaphor

    Mountains as a creative metaphor

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    This past week has been hard going. This creative life of mine was all over the place and a bit of a mess. So, in this week’s vlog, it is time to take a look at mountains as a creative metaphor. The next mountain may be higher, but the view will be amazing.

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