Walking Makes You More Creative

An Adobe study discovered that people identified more good ideas than bad while walking, and that a residual effect from the walking session gave them more and better ideas while sitting than the control group of all-sitters.

Walking makes you more creative

a young blonde girl walks on a paved path through a green landscape

It’s true! Adobe did a study with college students, putting them through a bunch of tests to see how walking influenced their creative thinking. Specifically, they looked at “novel” idea creation, meaning ideas that are unusual and/or new, and “unique” idea generation, meaning no one else thought of the same idea. In order to be […]

What to do after NaNoWriMo

It’s over. The 2019 NaNoWriMo Challenge that I started with high enthusiasm a month ago ends today. And the winner (if you want to call it that) is… ME! (applause) Yes, I made it this year, with over 51,000 words and two days early. It was a great experience and I’m very glad to have […]

Book Review “Storyteller Tools” by M Harold Page

If I could only use one book as a guide for writing a novel, it would be Storyteller Tools by M Harold Page. First, I should tell you I am not getting a commission from anyone for writing this. This is my heartfelt opinion after using his recommendations. And I’ll try my best to describe why I […]