darren r hill

the creative minimalist

  • A Fiction Writing Prompt about loss to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. The word never is often used and frequently said in haste, but its real meaning was clear to me now Writing Prompt Expanded This week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt is about loss. We’ve looked at…

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  • A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. She took his hand and set a mischievous grin on her face. ‘Right, let’s do this!’ Writing Prompt Expanded A decision has been made. An activity has been suggested or planned. There is attitude in the air.…

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  • Here is my current bullet journal, junk journal and planner set-up for October 2020. A little explanation of how I am using a wall calendar, a monthly weekly Bullet journal, a daily capture bullet journal and the latest additions to my junk journal. I also mention how I am using OmniFocus as my project to-do…

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  • An update on my Bullet Journal and Planner as we come to the end of September. It’s the second week of my new set-up and things are going okay. There are still some issues that I am working through, but I hope to sort them out as I get into October. This journal set-up is…

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  • A Fiction Writing Prompt to stretch the literary muscles. No rules. No word counts. Simply write and explore. This was it, the breakthrough, the eureka moment. Nothing would be the same. Writing Prompt Expanded This week’s Friday Fiction Writing Prompt is about capturing the joy and celebration of discovery. The discovery can be anything, although…

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  • Creative resources and time

    Creative resources and time

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    Everywhere we look there are adverts and influencers offering stuff to make our lives perfect. I have also been seeing a lot of talk about minimising what we have and what we use in our creative lives. This week’s vlog explores this very issue.

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  • You (and me) are the barrier to creativity

    You (and me) are the barrier to creativity

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    I have discovered that the biggest barrier to creativity is myself. It might well be the same for you as well. In this week’s vlog, I look at three ways to overcome the barriers we create for ourselves.

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  • Choose your creative life

    Choose your creative life

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    What is your ideal creative life? So often reality and everyday living stop us from being creative. However, we can choose to fit in art, music and writing. In this week’s vlog, I look at the ideal vs reality of being creative.

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  • What’s the point of creating

    What’s the point of creating

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    Thus, when Darren looked at what he hath created, he thought, what’s the point and was distinctly underwhelmed. This week’s vlog is a look at how to keep going on a creative project that doesn’t sparkle. Let’s continue to create.

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  • Making Creativity Easy

    Making Creativity Easy

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    There is a way to make creativity easier, to make the creative process easy.. er…ish. Give your music, art, video, images, writing, a helping hand with this one simple tip. I’m making creativity easy in this week’s vlog, let’s create.

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  • When creative plans don’t work

    When creative plans don’t work

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    Once upon a time, I had a creative plan, to create new music while finishing an old music project. That fairy tale came to an unhappy end. In this week’s vlog, I take a look at lessons learnt from a failed creative plan.

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