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Home : Newsletter Archives : 2008 : October 1 Issue
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| October 1, 2008 | All Write: A Halloween Story Contest! |
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| “There is a special joy to writing a quest, in that you don’t know what is around the bend until you get there.” — Naomi Rose, Writing a Book as a Quest |
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| October 2008 Journal |
Filling My Well: Alpaca Farm Days
By Chris Dunmire, Publisher
National Alpaca Farm Days took place this past weekend — an event I immediately put on my calendar earlier this month after seeing a TV commercial promoting the event with cute, Seuss-like smiling animals. More »
Fall Tree
Remember my animated Nit Wits tree from a few weeks ago? I forgot to share the details on how I created it. The animated story »
All Write: A Halloween Story Contest!
Submission Deadline: October 10, 2008
Do you have a scary or funny childhood Halloween memory you'd like to share with the world? If so, submit your unpublished Halloween stories to Creativity Portal's first ever Halloween Story Contest for a chance to win cool prizes and be published and promoted on our Web site.

Chris Dunmire
Creative Director and Publisher |
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Adventure Series Photo Writing Prompts
Adventure into South Africa Photo Writing Prompts
By Kristi Tencarre
Picture gazing up at the crooked neck of a calm looking giraffe eating leaves from the tips of acacia trees, watching the seemingly docile hippo wading in the water, sunburned back turning pink.
Creativity Cookies
Rocky Road Reward
By Dan Goodwin
Recognise and reward the progress you’re making using a "Creative Landmarks" chart.
Multicultural Muses
The Chaotic Muse
By Molly Anderson-Childers
Better to learn to create in the midst of Chaos; let it feed your work, and teach you the hard lessons it has to teach. |
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Writing a Book as a Quest
By Naomi Rose
Once you hear the word “quest,” you know you are in a different realm than the recitation of facts, or the laying out of already-known answers. You are in the realm of spirit and soul.
Creating and Fear
By Barbara Bowen
In the creative process, fear is inescapable. We meet various shades of fear upon entering any unfamiliar territory.
Tangled Mess to Meditation
By Jill Allison Bryan
Thich Nhat Hanh, respected Zen master, said that any task performed with focus and love can serve as a meditation.
In the Sane Asylum, I Was an African Queen
By Rita Farin
It was a Saturday morning in the Candler Park neighborhood of Atlanta. We were in Joan Toder’s expressive movement class, which she calls Dance Meditation.
Preface to Thinkertoys
By Michael Michalko
A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques. |
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