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How / can we learn from our creative mistakes?

Posted by Sharon 23 September 2009

We all know the supposed benefits of learning from our mistakes.  However, movie producer Nora Ephron - producer of chick flicks such as Sleapless in Seattle and When Harry met Sally - questions whether we can learn any lessons from the duds.  In an article by Gerald Wright in the SMH, Ephron’s argument is: if, […]

Working with the Paradox of Brain Plasticity

Posted by Sharon 2 June 2009

I recently listened to author Norman Doidge at the Sydney Writers Festival and promptly bought and read his book The Brain that Changes Itself. What I most liked was the discussion on the paradox of plasticity.  It answered the question: “If our brains have plasticity, why do so many of us have habits that are […]

Talking about it versus showing it

Posted by Sharon 26 February 2009

Just skimming through Steve Denning’s latest eNewsletter and I clicked on a supposedly helpful link (not from Steve): “50 Writing Tools”.  Hmmm - “50 Writing concepts and not an example in sight” would be a more descriptive title.
I tried another link: “Having your listeners get the point without preachiness” and Steve gave three simple examples […]