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Creative Writing Exercise – Stream-Of-Consciousness Writing
Stream of Consciousness I have talked often about the stream-of-consciousness exercise and how powerful it is for any writer or creative person. I first encountered a version of it from reading Julia...
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Creative Flow – The Four Seasons of Creativity
Creative Flow (Image from Wikipedia) The weather in Los Angeles has turned, finally, and it is starting to feel like real autumn. The wind is coming in gusts and the trees are whispering their delight...
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Creative Ideas – Nothing New Under the Sun?
There is nothing left to say. Everything that could be said has been. It’s time to face facts, folks. You have nothing to contribute to the common good. Give up. Have you ever had a thought like that,...
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A Creative Life – Creating Meaning
Geoff and Vittorio This lovely beast is a brand-new, burnt-orange/copper colored Fiat 500. It had only 20 miles on it when I drove it off the showroom floor just two weeks ago. It now has about 400...
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A Creative Life – Your Philosopher’s Walk
A Creative Life – Philosopher’s Walk (photo by INABA Tomoaki) Many years ago a teacher said to a class I was in something like “And when you’re confronted by an issue like that, take it to your...
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The Creative Life – Fakin’ It
(Photo credit: origamidon) There is a technique in acting called, “act as if…” If you are playing someone who has red hair and you don’t have red hair, act as if you do. If you are playing someone who...
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Creativity in Business – Finding Blog Post Ideas
The Thinker finding blog post ideas (Photo credit: paukrus) One of the most important thing about being online is having a blog, but once we have a blog, we often get stumped coming up with ideas for...
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Creativity in Business – The Myth of Right and Left Brain
(Photo credit: vaXzine via flickr) I hear people talk about being right brain and left brain all the time. It seems that the belief is, if you are a “left-brain person”, you are logical, methodical,...
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Web Marketing and Technology – Don’t Fear the Tech!
Welcome to the site. I’m Geoff Hoff. I am a writer, publisher and public speaker and have been studying the process of creativity for most of my life. Out of necessity In the past several years, I...
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Web Business – Creative Leadership?
I was recently sent a link to an article from the Harvard Business Review that I found fascinating. The article talks about how businesses of today, especially established corporations, should start...
View ArticleCreation Myth
Every society has some sort of creation myth, some story that explains how they got there and why they are the way they are. We all know some of them. Many have simply become stories we tell each...
View ArticleIn the Grand Scheme of Things
There is a line in the play Dylan, about the Welsh poet, playwright and professional bad boy, Dylan Thomas. The line comes at the end. His wife is standing over his coffin and shouts, “You’ll come off...
View ArticleWhy You Don’t Write
Writers find any excuse not to write. It seems to be bred into us. We feel the dark romance of the tortured soul, which includes, “I just can’t write!” Here is a (completely random and incomplete) list...
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What Is Creativity?
Wooden Sculpture of Science Genetics (Photo credit: epSos.de) When people think of creativity, the first thought that usually enters their mind is writing, poetry, producing paintings or sculptures,...
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The Myth of Balance
We often hear that we must put balance into our lives. Some of us, it seems, work too much. Some of us, by some standards, play too much. Some spend too much time with friends, some, not enough or too...
View ArticleVideo – Creativity and Business
I just did a short video where I give you one of my exercises that prove you are creative. Take a peek: The post Video – Creativity and Business appeared first on Geoff Hoff Online.
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Creativity and Business – Taking Time Off FOR Your Business
I recently read a blog post by Connie Ragen Green called “Getting Started Online – The 36 Hour Getaway Strategy” where she talks about taking a personal weekend retreat at least every quarter to...
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Good or Quick? The Pursuit of Creative Excellence
Sketch (Photo credit: Saunderses) There is a constant struggle with creative people between getting a project done quickly and getting it done well. I’m not talking about perfection, the attempt at...
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Why Creativity?
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) I just Googled “Why Creativity”. There are three hundred and nine million results. That’s million. “309” with six zeros behind it. Obviously, a lot of people think creativity...
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Creating a Business
Creating Your Audience - Creating Your Business There are three areas you need to focus on when you are creating a business online. Actually, this is true online and off, but we’ll stick with online...
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