The Lighter Things: Entertainment That Inspires
12/07/21 • 41 min
In this episode of QWERTY Writing Life, authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith consider the topic “Filling the Creative Well” from a different perspective. They examine how consuming entertainment, for the creative, is a deeper pastime. Creative stimulation continues with the reflection afterward. With this combination of consuming entertainment with a creative spirit and a reflection on what it has given comes the incorporation of these new thoughts and ideas into personal creativity.
Check out some of Mea and Joy’s inspiration:
Alexandra Bracken: https://www.instagram.com/alexbracken/
Black Panther: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1825683/
Shang Chi: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9376612/
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25883848
The Hating Game movie: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8718158/
A Mouthful of Air podcast: https://amouthfulofair.fm
Mary Poppins: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0058331/
Mary Poppins Returns: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5028340/
Saving Mr. Banks: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2140373/
Magnolia Network, home of some of Joy’s favorite shows, “Fixer Upper,” “The Cabin Chronicles” and “Self Employed”: https://magnolia.com/network/
If you want to stay in the know and help influence future episodes, subscribe to the monthly QWERTY Writing Life newsletter:
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Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this week’s chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
In this episode of QWERTY Writing Life, authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith consider the topic “Filling the Creative Well” from a different perspective. They examine how consuming entertainment, for the creative, is a deeper pastime. Creative stimulation continues with the reflection afterward. With this combination of consuming entertainment with a creative spirit and a reflection on what it has given comes the incorporation of these new thoughts and ideas into personal creativity.
Check out some of Mea and Joy’s inspiration:
Alexandra Bracken: https://www.instagram.com/alexbracken/
Black Panther: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1825683/
Shang Chi: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt9376612/
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25883848
The Hating Game movie: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8718158/
A Mouthful of Air podcast: https://amouthfulofair.fm
Mary Poppins: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0058331/
Mary Poppins Returns: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5028340/
Saving Mr. Banks: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2140373/
Magnolia Network, home of some of Joy’s favorite shows, “Fixer Upper,” “The Cabin Chronicles” and “Self Employed”: https://magnolia.com/network/
If you want to stay in the know and help influence future episodes, subscribe to the monthly QWERTY Writing Life newsletter:
https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/z9f1z5
Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this week’s chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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The Little Things: Gratitude & Creativity
Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith give thanks for the “little things.” Listen in to their candid chat about how the holidays often cause us to put on blinders to the good things around us. Those blinders keep our focus locked on to whatever big emotions we are feeling and how those feels are affecting us.
When we recognize the blinders for what they are and cast them aside, we can finally notice the “little things”—flowers, a breeze, the sunlight through the trees. Soon, these “little” things grow huge as they swell our gratitude. Living with a grateful heart allows us to approach the holidays without blinders and with a boost to our creativity.
If you’re looking for some gifts that give back, check out Sseko Fellow Laura Kee’s shopping page: https://ssekodesigns.com/laura
If you want to stay in the know and help influence future episodes, subscribe to the monthly QWERTY Writing Life newsletter:
https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/z9f1z5
Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this week’s chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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QWERTY Workshop: Starting a Story Together
Authors Joy E. Rancatore and Mea Smith take inspiration from the Writing with Maggie Stiefvater seminar and put their QWERTY twist on an exercise for a special workshop—Starting a Story Together.
Tune in for some tips on how to collaborate with a creative friend on a new type of project. How could a creative team-up boost your personal projects or pave the way for new opportunities in the future?
If you’re a writer, check out the highly recommended Writing with Maggie Stiefvater Course: https://www.etsy.com/listing/806360184/writing-with-maggie-stiefvater-8-hour
If you want to stay in the QWERTY know and help influence future episodes, subscribe to the monthly QWERTY Writing Life newsletter:
https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/z9f1z5
Intro music created and performed by Brent Smith.
Continue this week’s chat via email at qwertywritinglife [at] gmail [dot] com. For more information about us, the show and our writing craft book series, head over to https://qwertywritinglife.com. Subscribe in your favorite podcast portal. Or, if you’d rather see our grinning faces, ring the bell on our YouTube channel. Please share our podcast with your friends, too! For more about Mea and her writing, visit storyswell.net. Joy and her details can be found at joyerancatore.com.
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