Writing Education – Ideasmyth

Ryan Britt

PILGRIMAGES: Ryan Britt, “Holding Onto Part of the Journey” (6/6)

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This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Pilgrimages

There’s an essay in my book which begins with a scene on a rooftop of Bushwick, Brooklyn in which a younger version of myself worries about what will happen…

PILGRIMAGES: Ryan Britt, “No Place of One’s Own” (4/6)

Staring out into space wondering what you’re supposed to be writing next is a familiar scene either to real writers or fake writers in movies. In the latter, the space…

PILGRIMAGES: Ryan Britt, “There And There Again” (3/6)

The most famous fantasy novel–The Hobbit–also contains inside of it a pseudo-memoir. Bilbo Baggins claims to be writing his life story; a chronicle of…

PILGRIMAGES: Ryan Britt, “Searching For (And Loving) How You’re Labeled” (2/6)

Everyone loves to label artists. Think about it: the record store of those stone-age times before iPods divided music into categories for easy shopibility. Rock. Hip-Hop. Polka.

PILGRIMAGES: Mike Albo, “How I Work” (6/6)

“I’m not doing enough.” That sentence lurks in my mind often. That little shadow-being mumbling out that phrase every time I feel like I haven’t spent enough time writing or working or whatever it is that makes you…

PILGRIMAGES: Mike Albo, “The Ups and Downs of Self-Promotion” (5/6)

Whenever I have a friend or acquaintance who is about to release a new book, I tell them to let themselves fantasize that this book is going to be a sensation.

PILGRIMAGES: Mike Albo, “The Fluidity of Expression” (4/6)

I mentioned before that I believe ideas are energy. I’d like to expand on that and say that I also think they are gender fluid. I know that sounds weird but what I mean is…

PILGRIMAGES: Mike Albo, “Idea Paranoia” (3/6)

Yesterday, I mentioned one huge roadblock to creativity: doubt in yourself and whether your voice is worthy. Another obstacle is related but a little harder to nail down, because it appears to be real and…

PILGRIMAGES: Mike Albo, “Writing Through the Roadblocks” (2/6)

Recently I was taking a trip with two fellow journalists. We chatted about what we have been working on. I mentioned I have written two novels and I can’t believe they ever…

DISCOVERIES: Olympia Stone, “On Film Festivals and Dealing with Rejection” (5/6)

One of the conundrums about making the films that I do is that I am making the films that I want to make—I’m not making them…

DISCOVERIES: Julie Flanders, “On Writing Lyrics” (4/6)

When I talk about writing, I do so to inspire other writers to create their own work. The one thing I wish I could offer to others would be to remember the thrill of writing, the…