Rules For Getting Creative

4 Rules for Getting Creative from Downton Abbey Creator Julian Fellowes
Julian Fellowes
1. Years ago, after I left Cambridge and went to drama school, my friends who were going on to lead sane lives in banking or the army thought I was crazy. I had to stop seeing them and instead surround myself with people who believed I was talented and that it was all going to happen for me.

2. There are days when I realize I’m writing rubbish. But my solution is not to not write. I plan a plot structure, and usually the writer’s block passes.

3. One thing I don’t believe in is constantly going back over what I’ve done. Editing my scripts seems to be fruitful only once I’ve reached the end—when I have the broad strokes, the big picture. If I’m constantly going over what I wrote last Tuesday, it’s difficult to actually finish it.

4. When I’ve exhausted my general fizz, I’ll write the title of the next scene: “Dining Room, Day.” I think it’s a mistake to stop working without a clue as to what comes next.

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/entertainment/Julian-Fellowes-Creativity-Rules#ixzz2JHzpxqsO

Pantone Color Of The Year

 

Pantone’s Color Of The Year is emerald and I say there is nothing wrong with that. Both a hot gem and a sexy color. I am ready to get my shop on and load up. I have had emerald or kelly green as my company color since 2001, as evidenced by the banner and background here on the blog and at the parent site Laboratory5. Everything comes back around!

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Like this awesome hair comb that I could wear to an event found on Etsy

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Or this fabulous polk-a-dot fabric that I could make something crafty out of found on Emerald City Fabrics:

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Or these emerald green chucks that I could rock with a pair of jeans or a mini skirt found on Converse.

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I kind of have my eye on this emerald green flask too – found on Etsy.

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