Dissecting Creativity
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Something that stumps a lot of writers I see – including myself sometimes – is coming up with a decent novel premise to begin with. I’ve a solid number of clients who tell me they want to make a living writing. While it’s great to have goals, chances are that’s not going to happen with…
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One of my favorite literary devices is the foil character. I can’t put my finger on exactly why, but my hunch is that most foils work towards a more satisfying resolution for our protagonist’s arc. What I mean by this is, say, if you have two foils whose stories are closely intertwined, their resolutions will…
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I’d like to preface by saying that I do not use TikTok; TikTok disappearing to me would be no different than when Vine came and died and everyone went on with their lives. Yesterday, March 24th, Congress held a hearing that threatened to ban TikTok from the US market. The US isn’t remotely the only…
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I recently appeared on a PenPodcast with Matthew Harms discussing how to navigate the query process, and we went back and forth on a discussion about self vs. traditional publishing (a topic that warrants many, many different articles on its own) and surmised that a big reason authors find their way to self-publishing is the…
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Aspiring writers sometimes fall into a simple trap. They have an idea for a book, then they research the subject, then they go on Google, Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, and they see another author already wrote pretty much the same subject, with great reviews and beautiful cover art. Then the aspiring author rolls over on…
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The New York Times has found people to be hesitant toward creativity – contrary to popular belief. A study on April 16th had found that creativity subconsciously brings us feelings of doubt & certainty, “Research has found that we actually harbor an aversion to creators and creativity; subconsciously, we see creativity as noxious and disruptive,…
Donovan Levine | Agent, Writer, Copyeditor 