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Holistic Creativity: How To Support Your Writing with Other Forms of Art

August 16, 2021

Chances are, if you’re a Home for Fiction friend you’re likely interested in literature and writing. Perhaps you are a writer yourself. In any case, you have perhaps realized the effect of holistic creativity, that is, a creative force that spans across art forms.

If you write, you likely also like music or perhaps painting. Maybe you play guitar or piano, or perhaps you like coming up with creative DIY solutions for your home. Bottom line, you are creative in several areas in your life.

Think of famous actors who were also photographers and singers, or of musicians who were also painters and designers. Creativity is very, very rarely limited in one field alone.

This is something you, as a writer, must exploit.

In this post I’ll share some of my own experiences in holistic creativity, showing you how you can help your writing using your other artistic interests. The bonus, of course, is that this is a two-way street: Your other artistic paths can also be helped by your writing!

holistic creativity
Photography-as-art requires a certain understanding of narrative flow. Being a writer helps my photography, which, in turn helps my writing by helping me have enhanced visuality.
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“1992” (Part II)– a Short Story

August 9, 2021

As you might remember from last week, “1992” is a short story I wrote recently, part of a literary project I’m working on.

Note: You might also be interested in knowing how this story was born. I’ve written a “behind the scenes” post about writing a short story, using “1992” as an example. Check it out!

1992 - a short story
“1992” is a short story featuring a character who is very special in my work: The Mariner
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“1992” (Part I)– a Short Story

August 2, 2021

Something a little different this time. “1992” is a short story I wrote recently, part of a literary project I’m working on. I divided the story into two parts. Self-evidently, this is the first one, and you’ll find the second one next week.

Note: You might also be interested in knowing how this story was born. I’ve written a “behind the scenes” post about writing a short story, using “1992” as an example. Check it out!

1992 - a short story
“1992” is a short story featuring a character who is very special in my work: The Mariner
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