Creativity - KAT CLAY https://www.katclay.com/category/creativity/ Author of fiction, reviews, and roleplaying games. Wed, 22 Nov 2023 02:56:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.katclay.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Favicon-Kat-Clay.ico Creativity - KAT CLAY https://www.katclay.com/category/creativity/ 32 32 24314318 How to conquer self-doubt for writers https://www.katclay.com/how-to-conquer-self-doubt-for-writers/ https://www.katclay.com/how-to-conquer-self-doubt-for-writers/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2020 21:00:00 +0000 https://www.katclay.com/?p=6811 Self-doubt can be a creative writing killer. Here's how to stop worrying about what people think and start writing.

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/how-to-conquer-self-doubt-for-writers/feed/ 0 6811 How to start a beautiful book journal https://www.katclay.com/how-to-start-a-beautiful-book-journal/ https://www.katclay.com/how-to-start-a-beautiful-book-journal/#respond Sat, 02 Mar 2019 08:06:47 +0000 http://www.katclay.com/?p=4669 As an avid reader, I’ve kept a book journal since I was a kid. Whether it was scribbled notes in an exercise book about something I’d read, to my more formal adult journals, I take a lot of pleasure in keeping track of the books I read. While it’s great to have a Goodreads account, […]

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/how-to-start-a-beautiful-book-journal/feed/ 0 4669 Did I reach my goals in 2017? And my 2018 goals… https://www.katclay.com/reach-goals-2017-2018-goals/ https://www.katclay.com/reach-goals-2017-2018-goals/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 2018 23:03:02 +0000 http://www.katclay.com/?p=4406 The real answer? Yes and mostly no. But I had a pretty good year anyway. That’s the short version. Looking back on 2017, I felt like the first half of the year was crazy good. I got shortlisted for a Ditmar Award, longlisted for the Debut Dagger and had two short story publications. And then… […]

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/reach-goals-2017-2018-goals/feed/ 0 4406 Stop daydreaming and start doing: Setting your creative goals https://www.katclay.com/stop-daydreaming-start-setting-creative-goals/ https://www.katclay.com/stop-daydreaming-start-setting-creative-goals/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2017 06:43:37 +0000 http://www.katclay.com/?p=3974 If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say “I’d love to do xyz, but I don’t have [insert excuse here]” I wouldn’t need to work. I can count on one hand the number of people in my university classes who stuck with film-making and writing. I was one of them. Now […]

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/stop-daydreaming-start-setting-creative-goals/feed/ 2 3974 How To Be Creative (When You’re Not A Creative Person) https://www.katclay.com/how-to-be-creative-youre-not-creative-person/ https://www.katclay.com/how-to-be-creative-youre-not-creative-person/#respond Thu, 24 Mar 2016 06:27:50 +0000 http://www.katclay.com/?p=3671 Have you ever said to yourself, I’d love to be creative, but I’m just not that sort of person? As a full-time creative professional, I hear this wish expressed all the time. I wish I was creative. I wish I could do what you do. Creativity can seem like the daunting domain of people with […]

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/abbotsford-convent/feed/ 0 3028 How embracing minimalism has enhanced my creativity https://www.katclay.com/how-embracing-minimalism-has-enhanced-my-creativity/ https://www.katclay.com/how-embracing-minimalism-has-enhanced-my-creativity/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:54:31 +0000 http://www.katclay.com/?p=2973 Since returning home after two years of travel, I’ve embraced a minimalist lifestyle. What does that look like, you wonder? I’ll get there… Living out of a backpack helped me understand that I don’t need a lot of stuff to live – in fact, most people in the developing world have less than I do. When I […]

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]]> https://www.katclay.com/how-embracing-minimalism-has-enhanced-my-creativity/feed/ 1 2973 Making Your Perfect Creative Space https://www.katclay.com/making-your-perfect-creative-space/ https://www.katclay.com/making-your-perfect-creative-space/#respond Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:52:45 +0000 http://www.katclay.com/?p=2095 Making your perfect creative space is essential for anyone who works from home or spends lots of time doing creative projects. You don’t have to be an artist to have a creative space – it could simply be a place for you to stretch your mind and think differently about your work. As a freelancer, […]

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