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What can you do with unfinished writing projects?

September 30, 2018 by Icy Sedgwick 12 Comments

Many writers have dozens of unfinished writing projects gathering dust. Learn how to use them for something useful, creating a resource for future writing.

Chances are, you have dozens of unfinished writing projects cluttering up your drawers or your hard drive. Each of them held the promise of being the Next Big Thing and occupied your every waking thought while you worked on them… Until you stopped. Now they’re gathering dust, forgotten and unloved. Does that mean you’re less […]

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7 Ways To Have More Creative Ideas More Often

March 7, 2016 by Icy Sedgwick 5 Comments

7 ways to have more creative ideas more often

Everyone has ideas, but not everyone knows how to have creative ideas. You might think creativity revolves around paint or writing novels. These 7 suggestions will certainly help with arty endeavours, but they should also help you to kickstart your own creative process! 1. Colour outside of the lines Sometimes you can get so hung […]

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Having Too Many Ideas Is As Bad As Not Having Enough

May 11, 2015 by Icy Sedgwick 7 Comments

If you read any blogs about writing, or follow any writers on Twitter, then you’ll probably notice a lot of writers complain about having too many ideas. Too many ideas?! It’s hardly a complaint designed to engender sympathy, if you’re one of those writers who doesn’t feel they have enough. A productive writer will sit somewhere […]

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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!

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