A solo business trip away can be a meditative experience. The focal point – a meeting, workshop, job interview – draws you out of the everyday processes and sends you on a structured trajectory for self reflection.
On a solo business trip you become as close to a single atom you have ever been in your life. When you are travelling alone, you are transmitting. Transferring. When you are travelling as a group, you are part of a compound. Your actions are determined by relations; the taxi is too small, the child is hungry, the friend needs the toilet. Alone, at the airport, you stand on a horizontal conveyer belt instead of walking. When else have you been able to do this? Nowhere. No matter where you are in an airport you are moving forwards. You are on your way. Read more…
A while ago I discovered daytum – an online dashboarding system that lets you track, simply and quickly, just about anything you can think of. Figuring I was about due for some creative procrastination, I got to applying daytum to my writing habits.
I thought it might be interesting to look back at the stories I have on file – pretty much everything I have written since about 2002 – and look for some common characteristics. What I found was a less than spectacular summation of my creative energies, with some surprising trends. So let’s get this going. Read more…
Was very pleased to hear the other day that Dan Simpson entered one of his first #coffeebreak challenges into a recent short fiction writing competition and got shortlisted. And all from a spontaneous creative prompt!
Here is today’s #coffeebreak challenge for all those still playing. Write for 10 minutes against the picture below. As always, post an excerpt in the comments at the bottom.
Seagulls in Kalasatama, originally uploaded by neiti_frilander.