Creatives

The Shortest Short Stories: Tiny Stories

Andrew Zahn — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:41:40 +0000

Whilst traveling, my wife and I ran into a friend who had this book: It’s a fascinating (tiny) book of idea generators, saucy illustrations and super teeny-tiny stories. Coupled with this post of writing prompts I read yesterday, I thought I’d try my hand at a few tiny stories as well. Please leave your own [...]

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Where the Beauty Is (or Isn’t)

Andrew Zahn — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:09:00 +0000

A few years ago Joshua Bell, a Grammy award-winning world class violinist, played a brief concert in a Washington DC subway for 43 minutes and made $32.17 in donations. He usually makes around $1,000 per minute. The Washington Post conducted the experiment. A short excerpt from the full article: “His performance was arranged by The Washington [...]

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How to (not) Write a Blog: Biggest Blogging Mistakes

Andrew Zahn — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:27:53 +0000

Blog Mistake Number One: Poor Title The best way to keep readers from enjoying your awesome posts is to write a poor title. Your title should engage the reader, build value and provide them with a possible answer to a question they’ve always wanted to know. For instance, you’re reading this post (most likely) simply [...]

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The Ultimate Mistake Many Artists Make

Andrew Zahn — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:31:36 +0000

Today’s post can be found at The Wood Stove House along with a podcast interview I did with producer, musical and all around cool guy Jason Mundok. Head on over there to see The Ultimate Mistake Many Artists Make and let me know what you think of the podcast.

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What’s on Your Milestone

Andrew Zahn — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:18:50 +0000

How do we know we’re moving if we don’t have milestones? Every now and then, it’s fun (or challenging) to see where our creative life is going. Ten minutes of reflection, strolling through some photos or just a ‘year in review’ with my wife will often reveal where we’re at and where we want to [...]

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Give it Away Now

Andrew Zahn — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:28:47 +0000

There’s a river born to be a giver Keep you warm won’t let you shiver His heart is never gonna wither Come on everybody time to deliver. “Give it Away” RHCP You’ve got to give what’s in you. Don’t know what’s in you? Think you have 100% nothing to give? That’s a lie from hell. [...]

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The Seven Decrees to Better Storytelling: Storyshowing

Andrew Zahn — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:55:10 +0000

The Seven Decrees to Better Storytelling 1. Engage and connect. If a storyteller is thinking about themselves, they’re most likely not connecting to their audience. 2. Show, don’t tell. This phrase goes back a buh-gillion years. Good storytellers don’t tell us what someone did, they act it out and live it for their audience. Storytelling? Storyshowing. [...]

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The Power of One Decision

Andrew Zahn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:28 +0000

Yes to joy. No to complaints. Reap contentment. Yes to creating. No to excuses. Reap momentum. Yes to community. No to isolation. Reap connection. No to indecision. Yes to commitment. Reap clarity. No to “I’ll try.” Yes to “I will.” Reap faithfulness. No to no. Yes to yes. Reap opportunity. *** Your turn… Yes to . Leave a...

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Air Jordan Guest Post

Andrew Zahn — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:28:32 +0000

For today’s post, I’m guest posting on my friend Scott Kerzner’s site “In Due Season.” Head on over there to see what Michael Jordan’s expensive shoes taught me. For real.

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Passion is Key

Andrew Zahn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:52:54 +0000

As creatives, we sometimes hit a wall. Every so often, hopefully more not than often, ideas don’t come to us easily. Some days we just can’t think of anything. We stare at an empty screen. We rest our fingers on the keyboard waiting for something to come to us, like when you turn the key [...]

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