In 2007 I made my first trip to Stratford, Ontario for the Stratford Festival. A long-time theatre enthusiast, I was steered to Canada by my cousin Suzanne. I can’t say I was previously a great lover of Shakespeare plays. I enjoyed inventive productions (IRT created Twelfth Night as a beach party complete with a sandbox stage), but I’d … [Read more…]
My high school German class teacher assigned us a group project to write and perform a play in German. Since I was “the smart guy,” I typically took the lead on such projects, whether that was because everyone asked me to or I took the reigns in order protect my grade. So naturally I ended … [Read more…]
I like to think everything I do fits under this umbrella term “dioramatism.” That’s why I get to write Dioramatism.com articles. I like to create inside of boundaries. Given a blank page, a blank slate, or a blank canvas, I’ll come up with some kind of boundary to start creating within. Dot-Comical I followed exactly … [Read more…]
Groggily stumbling around my bedroom the other morning, I knew I wanted to exercise before I left for work. Unfortunately, I decided to check my email first. We all know how that story turns out. I got involved with reading and answering emails and was quickly sidetracked by web bait. Leaving late for work that morning, … [Read more…]
Last week we started breaking down an example business email to learn how to write better emails. We looked at Addressees, the Subject Line, the Greeting, Statements of Fact, and Tone. This week we’ll finish up with the body of the email and the closing. Avoid a Mass of Letters Emails with shorter paragraphs are easier … [Read more…]
Are emails a large part of your business? Are they accomplishing what you want? Or do your emails seem to go unanswered for weeks? Read on to find out why that might be happening. Email is one of the boxes that creativity must fit into. Whether you’re new to the workplace, or new to using email … [Read more…]
I learned a lot about creativity through Roman Catholicism—no, really—I’m serious. The Catholic Mass is very regimented, with standard responses and prayers. Several of these are sung responses. In their early forms, they were chanted in Latin. Over the years, composers set the Latin text to music. Bach, Mozart, and Britten all created famous Mass … [Read more…]
For a while I kept up a writing blog. I like to write. So I thought I’d do what modern writers do and start a blog. I found that when I was referring to myself as “a writer,” I put a lot of pressure on myself to write a perfect blog. Every time. Content, grammar, … [Read more…]
