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Terrance Layhew

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Sum of the Narrative

“Remember, even though you're writing a whole book, each page must be a perfect part of your perfect whole, and that means each individual page must work.” - Hank Phillippi Ryan Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“The sooner and more passionately you get married to the this idea - that it is ultimately entirely up to you - the better off you’ll be.” - Elizabeth Gilbert Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“Productive and effective writers leave time and reserve energy for revision, a step that includes everything from story reconstruction to proofreading. The writer’s task is to create a final draft that works for the reader and satisfies the standards of the writer.” - Roy Peter Clark Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“Try to be specific without being wordy. Don’t make a sentence specific by hooking up a freight train of details to it. Make it specific by whittling all the possible word combinations down to those few that say what you want them to say.” - Gary Provost Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

More Than An Overnight Success

“More often than not, our creative dreams aren’t launched overnight. They are built gradually.” - Jeff Goines Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/

The Language of Creativity

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Preparing for Feedback

“It is not easy to give up some control of the story, to release it into the atmosphere, watching readers choke on its deficiencies or smile with pleasure.” - Roy Peter Clark Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Creative Entitlement

“Creative entitlement doesn’t mean behaving like a princess, or acting as those the world owes you anything whatsoever. No, creative entitlement simply means believing that you are allowed to be here, and that - merely by being here - you are allowed to have a voice and a vision of your own.” - Elizabeth Gilbert Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Make Things Worse

“The writer's job is to create a problem that demands fixing, then veer in another direction. Prolong and worsen readers' desperate desire for resolution.” - Meg Gardiner Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Status Report 5/20/2022

Reason and Romance is back in stock at Amazon! Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Habitual Progress

“True progress in writing comes from habitual behavior.” - Roy Peter Clark Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Don't Drain the Well

“I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.” - Ernest Hemingway Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Rubbish to Start

“Assume that you have a million words inside you that are absolute rubbish and you need to get them out before you get to the good ones. And if you get there early, that’s great.” - Neil Gaiman Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Why You Don't Want to Be a Genius

“When artists are burdened with the label of ‘genius,’ I think they lose the ability to take themselves lightly, or to create freely.” - Elizabeth Gilbert Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Giving Myself Homework

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Likability Matters More

“In order to write successfully, you don’t have to become a great writer. But you do have to make yourself likable.” - Gary Provost Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Originality is Overrated

“Everything reminds us of something. But once you put your own expression and passion behind an idea, that idea becomes yours.” - Elizabeth Gilbert Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Where Ideas Come From

"You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it." - Neil Gaiman Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Status Report 5/6/2022

Reason and Romance Book Launch Party Q&A https://youtu.be/fdsIkH8UE1I Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order a copy of my book, Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Work Like a Farmer

“Most of my writing life consists of nothing more than unglamorous, disciplined labor. I sit at my desk and I work like a farmer, and that’s how it gets done.” - Elizabeth Gilbert Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Order my book Reason and Romance! https://terrancelayhew.com/reason-and-romance/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

The Best Marketing

“The best marketing you can do for your book is to start writing the next one.” - Ryan Holiday Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“See your work as a living thing. Your task is to bring it alive and make others feel this.” - Robert Greene Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Setting Your Own Challenge | Scott Hebert

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A Good Writing Day

“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.” - Neil Gaiman Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

The Voice of Oppression

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft.” - Ann Lamont Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Use Pre-Production

“Think of your writing preparation time as something positive, a process of rehearsal rather than a failure to get started. The more of this head work you do before you begin to draft, the easier the hand work will be.” - Roy Peter Clark Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

How Past Art Makes Future Art

“What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original.” - Austin Kleon Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

A Writer of Impulse

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Work is Better Than Magic

“The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her work.” - Steven Pressfield Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Becoming a Rule Breaker

“Know safely what the rules are, and then break them with joy.” - Neil Gaiman Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Status Report 4/15/22 | Mystery, Launch Party, London Challenge

Check out the second installment of our mystery serial! https://terrancelayhew.com/lights-out-the-cancelled-conference-2/ Day 11 into the London Challenge and we've gotten over 20,000 words written! If you haven't already, check out my debut novel Reason and Romance. Available for pre-order and releasing May 3rd. https://reasonandromance.co Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

M'lady | Story Autopsy

A breakdown of a short story I'd attempted, and dropped. What I liked, what I didn't. Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

The Style of You

“Style is not something you can put onto your writing like a new set of clothes. Style is your writing. It is inexorably knotted to the content of your words and the nature of you.” - Gary Provost Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“So often we have ideas of what we want to create: books we’d love to write, projects we’d like to initiate or companies we dream of starting. But at our current skill level, we’re not capable of executing our vision. The ability to create what we want to see exist in the world and have it meet our highest standard requires both deliberate practice and mastery.” - Srinivas Rao Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

The Artist's Control

“Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” - Andy Warhol Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

The Cancelled Conference

Welcome to the first installment of my mystery series. Today is part one, The Cancelled Conference. Click the link to get the full story. https://terrancelayhew.com/the-cancelled-conference/ Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

The London Challenge

For one month, I'm writing 1,000 words per day towards my larger writing projects. Each Friday, I'm sharing an installment in an murder mystery. Here's to the London Challenge! Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

More Than One Art

“Your art is never beholden to a single form. You can always change and evolve, and the best artists do this regularly. They understand that in order to thrive, you have to master more than one skill.” - Jeff Goines Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Real, but better

“So strive to make your writing sound like a conversation, but don’t make it an ordinary conversation. Make it a good one.” - Gary Provost Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“Money is part of the process of becoming an artist, if for no other reason than it affirms you are a professional, but the decision to be taken seriously is yours alone. You set the tone for how people will treat you, which means you must believe your work is worth charging for.” - Jeff Goines Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“Clarity of expression comes most of all from a clear understanding of the topic or theme you are writing about. No writer can clarify for the reader what is not clear to the writer in the first place.” - Roy Peter Clark Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Create a Creative Career

“Becoming a perennial seller requires more than just releasing a project into the world. It requires the development of a career. It means building a fan base both before and after a project, and it means thinking differently than most people out there selling something.” - Ryan Holiday Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

More than Hacks

"If you added up all the time wasted searching for shortcuts and trying to cheat the process, the hard work could have already been done by now." - James Clear Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“I believe that inspiration will always try its best to work with you—but if you are not ready or available, it may indeed choose to leave you and to search for a different human collaborator.” - Elizabeth Gilbert Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“Rule one, you have to write. If you don’t write, nothing will happen.” - Neil Gaiman Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Clipping Away Cliches

“A mosaic of cliches is a form of automatic thinking. The writer may write such a draft, which makes revision all the more important. Give yourself a chance to think of something original, or at least plain, to replace the hackneyed language that clip-clopped into your text.” - Roy Peter Clark Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Know Your Destination

“A piece of writing has to start somewhere, go somewhere, and sit down when it gets there.” - John McPhee Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

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The Secret of Productivity

"The secret to being productive is to work on the right thing—even if it's at a slow pace." - James Clear Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Good is Better Than Never

“A good-enough novel violently written now is better than a perfect novel meticulously written never.” - Elizabeth Gilbert Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

You Need Collaborators

“A sense of competition often drives our collaboration, even when we don’t realize that’s what is happening. To be creative you must break away from what is expected, essentially competing with what has come before so that you can create something new. But you can’t do this alone. It’s too discouraging.” - Jeff Goines Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Revising to Greatness

"The difference between good and great is often an extra round of revision. The person who looks things over a second time will appear smarter or more talented, but actually is just polishing things a bit more. Take the time to get it right. Revise it one extra time." - James Clear Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“Quitting the projects that don’t go anywhere is essential if you want to stick out the right ones. You don’t have the time or the passion or the resources to be the best in the world at both.” - Seth Godin Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Defining The Audience

“You must be able to explicitly say who you are building your thing for. You must know what you are aiming for - you’ll miss otherwise.” - Ryan Holiday Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Practice in Public

“This is what happens when we practice in public: we not only hone our abilities but attract an audience interested in what we’re sharing.” - Jeff Goines Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

The Music of Words

“There are no good sounds or bad sounds, just as there are no good notes or bad notes in music. It is the way in which you combine them that can make the writing succeed or fail. It’s the music that matters.” - Gary Provost Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“Live an actual life out there, a full life, the kind that will generate a surplus of stories. Don’t go slumming in order to garner a few superficial observations. A two-week camping trip doesn’t make you a mountain man, and a three week job does not constitute the kind of life experience platform that will bear the weight of a lifetime of writing.” - Douglas Wilson Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

“Finding focus is writing’s central act. A strong focus requires a keen knowledge of what the work is about, an insight often reflected in titles, theme statements, captions, summaries, conclusions, “nut” paragraphs and the like. The writer looks for this defining idea or language from the beginning of the process but often finds it late, too late to do it justice.” - Roy Peter Clark Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

An Environment of Creativity

“Where you create might be a room, a shared studio, a library, or a boat - what matters is making it sing to you.” - Srinivas Rao Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Status Report 2/11/2022

Update on my book Reason and Romance.

Cut The Clutter

“Look for clutter in your writing and prune it ruthlessly. Be grateful for everything you can throw away. Reexamine each sentence you put on paper. Is every word doing new work? Can any thought be expressed with more economy? Is anything pompous or pretentious or faddish? Are you haning on to something useless just because you think it’s beautiful? Simplify, Simplify.” - William Zinsser Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

The Pursuit of Inspiration

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” - Jack London Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Start With Action

“All readers have trouble ‘getting into’ some stories. Beginning in the middle does away with the throat clearing narrator and propels us into the action.” - Roy Peter Clark Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Start the Work “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” - Louis L’Amour Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

What's Next? “If you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.” - Ryan Holiday Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Make a Big Five

Make a Big Five “If you’ve ever struggled with an outline and all its determinative details, try out a five part plan, something you can write on a single piece of paper or even an index card.” - Roy Peter Clark Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Battle The Resistance

Battle The Resistance Fear doesn't go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day. - Steven Pressfield Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Don't Quit The Day Job

Don't Quit The Day Job “Employers become patrons when we begin to see them not as obstacles to the work we want to do but as a way of funding it.” - Jeff Goins Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Design With Value

Design With Value “You want what you’re making to do something for people, to help them do something - and have that be why they will talk about it and tell other people about it.” - Ryan Holiday Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Building Better Systems

Building Better Systems “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” - James Clear Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Indiana Jones and The Rule of Creative Theft

Indiana Jones and The Rule of Creative Theft “This is the rule of Creative Theft, which says greatness doesn’t come from a single great idea or eureka moment. It comes from borrowing other people’s work and building on it. We steal our way to greatness.” - Jeff Goins Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Status Report 1/21/2022

A different type of episode than usual. Sharing a sneak peak at my current writing projects. Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

The Facts of Failure

The Facts of Failure “It seems reasonable to believe that failure may be a truth, or at any rate a negotiable fact, while success is a temporary illusion of some intoxicating sort, a bubble soon to be pricked, a flower whose petals will quickly drop.” - Joyce Carol Oats Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Keep Moving Forward

Keep Moving Forward Around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. - Walt Disney Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Keep a Commonplace Book

Keep a Commonplace Book “All of us have had good ideas or vivid sensations that we thought would one day come in useful, but which, because we were too lazy to write them down, have entirely escaped us.” - Somerset Maugham Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Becoming Process Oriented

Becoming Process Oriented Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Talk it Out Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Purpose of Premise

Purpose of Premise The premise is your story stated in one sentence. It is the simplest combination of character and plot and typically consists of some event that starts the action, some sense of the main character, and some sense of the outcome of the story. - John Truby Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Head Start “If you have spent time writing in your head, you’ll have a head start.” - Gary Provost Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Own The Identity

Own the Identity “You are not born an artist. You become one.” - Jeff Goins Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Being Professional

Being Professional “The professional has learned that success, like happiness, comes as a by-product of work. The professional concentrates on the work and allows rewards to come or not come, whatever they like.” - Steven Pressfield Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Make Good Art “Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art.” - Neil Gaiman Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Murder Your Darlings

Murder Your Darlings “Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and deleted it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.” - Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Creative Intent

Creative Intent Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ http://dailypages.us/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Building The Compost Heap

Building The Compost Heap Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

Setting Ranges Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

The Art of Showing Up

The Art of Showing Up “Your job is to make sure the muse knows where you’re going to be every day from nine ‘til noon or seven ‘til three. If he does know, I assure you that sooner or later he’ll start showing up, chomping his cigar and making his magic.” - Steven King Follow The Show https://www.instagram.com/thedaily.pages/ https://terrancelayhew.com/ Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/sunrise-samba License code: MJJNG3PQFTBMUHYE

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