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Why I keep a diary

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I have kept a diary (or journal, whichever you wish to call it) every year since I was 13, and every year my diary goes through different iterations of itself – much like its author.  

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Your kind of creativity

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Most artists would love an audience. But it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of putting audience before our art. This is not always the wrong choice, but it is a choice that we need to consciously make.

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Just write now

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Some days it’s a real struggle to just start writing.

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Ready, set, write

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Going through writer’s block? Here are some of the key things I go back to when I need a writing reset.

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Writer’s block

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Sometimes what helps me get over writer’s block is writing in a different place.

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Creating ideas

Sometimes, what’s helpful in overcoming a mental block is to ignite a spark through creativity. Whether you are trying to solve a problem, writing a thesis, creating a work of fiction, the following are some of the tips other students have found useful in their creative process:

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Rubber duck debugging

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I am getting close to the final draft of a manuscript but struggling with the last final piece of it.

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Editing

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Over the years of my candidature, I seem to have collected stacks of paper and even as I strive to produce less waste and not print anything, I’ve still ended up with a collection of portable hard drives.

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On perfectionism

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I stumbled on this recently from the Art of Charm. It was as if the universe was asking me to stop scrolling through podcast lists and just get on with writing my thesis.

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