Originality: More Than Meets The Eye
The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels. – Simone de Beauvoir
Representation in Your Writing: A True Act of Self-Awareness
If you don’t think representation matters, you’re probably well represented. – Bernice King
Doing It Right: The Last of Us
Purposeful storytelling isn’t show business, it’s good business. – Peter Guber
The Sy’Arrian Legacy Accomplishments & What’s In Store For 2023
Success is not determined by the amount of accomplishments, but by the road traveled & how you handled the recovery of each failed attempt. – Behdad Sami
When It Is Done Right
Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better. – John Updike
The Sy’Arrian Legacy 2022 Strategic Plan
A developmental overview of what is to come in 2022 for the Sy’Arrian Legacy and other content creation projects.
The Stereotype
Not considered an essential story telling element, the stereotype can serve to challenge both the content consumer and creator.
Social Media Dichotomy
Social media platforms are necessary tools in any content creator’s arsenal. Using the correct ones to suit your style requires thoughtful consideration and a degree of intrepidity.
The Timeline
An integral element for any genre, timelines serve to guide and organize an author’s approach to building their world. The level of detail is determined by how much or how little the author wishes to convey.
Getting It Right
Constructive criticism is an integral part in the evolution of any content creator. There must be a balance between showering your favorite creators with praise and letting them know where they missed the mark. Being overly critical simply to be critical solves nothing and creates missed opportunities to acknowledge when a good piece of content has been created.
The Purpose Of This Blog & Properly Vetting Your Sources
A mind open to alternative perceptions is a mind aligned with love.
What Lies Beneath
Although exceptionally difficult, facing what truly motivates us to do the things we do, can serve to not only liberate our minds from being trapped in the past but help to propel us forward towards dreams waiting to be fulfilled.
The Unconscious Bias
Very few truly understand how their biases sabotage the present moment and condemn the mind to cyclic existence.
Our Inner Dialogue
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.” – Dhammapada
This Is Not About Me
The old saying, It takes a village to raise a child, is applicable to any collective effort especially when it comes to luring others to read your labors of love.
The Games We Play
More than mere pixels on a screen, video games are another source for storytellers to capture our attention with compelling content and stunning representations of the written word in visual form.
Creative Insight: Part Three
The sources of our inspiration and personal growth as human beings are numerous. The one thing they all have in common is to aid us in harnessing our creative power to become greater at our craft
Creative Insight: Part Two
I read a quote by Debbie Allen recently, “But out of limitations comes creativity,” which took my mind back to when I first began writing and the barriers, I put in place to sabotage my success.
Creative Insight: Part One
Not merely a fuel of the active mind but a force serving to reshape our perceptions, creative insight can serve in the role of mentor while we attempt to make sense of the swirling mass that is our creations.
The Source
It comes from various sources but in the end what inspires us is a culmination of our past and present self. It shapes our brains to help us give birth to the swirling visions we call creativity.