Bottomless peach baskets were used for fifteen years after the game of basketball was invented in the 1800s. Since then, we’ve grown taller players and developed phenomenal skills. The Harlem…
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An eleven-year-old blind boy wants to break free from his dark world and see the light. The visual cortex of his brain is exceptionally active because he must create his…
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Scuba divers sometimes choose to swim among the sharks in their world. But it can be a real surprise when sea creatures enter our world.
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Where do great original ideas come from? Sometimes they rise from the rubble of bad ideas. Julia Cameron says, “Some of the best creative work gets done on the days…
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A “pun” uses a word or phrase to suggest a different meaning. Sometimes we might even laugh. Frank Ball calls them “daffynitions.” He has a large collection of such words…
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A writer might say, “I’m not creative,” but that’s like saying, “I can’t come up with a unique thought.” That’s only true when we’ve made it that way in our…
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What makes a valentine “special”? A 50-percent-off sale on a diamond necklace would be taking advantage of a special. Considering the recipient and not the giver, the expense doesn’t matter…
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We don’t build much emotion for the readers when we write telling statements like “she screamed” or “she was terrified.” We really show our ignorance if we can use an…
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In the 1980s, one of the most popular puzzles was the 3 x 3 Magic Cube, better known as Rubik’s Cube. Since then, puzzles with increasing complexity have been introduced.…
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How much drama can be written into the simple process of answering the phone? Answer: quite a bit if we can find the details that describe the emotional journey. Great…
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