Never Too Late – How to Embrace Lifelong Creativity – Martin Scorsese thinks he is running out of time. “I’m old. I want to tell stories. There’s no more time,” he says in a FanWire interview. Even Martin Scorcese worries about Age and Creativity. He worries about Idea Block the same way you worry about Writer’s Block. Let’s talk about Overcoming Writer’s Block.

Make Lifelong Creativity your Goal. You want your Writing Journey to go on forever. Longevity is one of your Writing Challenges. Martin is right to an extent. Time is limited. But Imagination is not. The light of Artistic Expression burns bright within you always. If you do not believe that – it is Time for a Change. It’s time for a change of mind. It’s time for Creativity at Any Age.

Change Your Mind.  Another famous filmmaker, John Cassavetes, says this. “No matter how old you are, if you keep the desire to be creative, you’re keeping the child alive.” John Cassavetes is talking about the Importance of Resilience in Writing. Nurture your desire to be creative. You may fall off the Motivation to Write path for a moment. But you always climb back on. Follow these Tips for a Lifelong Writer.

Never Stop Writing. “Are you still writing?” Julia Cameron, author of It’s Never Too Late to Begin Again, gets that question often. “The truth is, I cannot imagine not writing,” she says. “I go from project to project, always frightened by the gap in between.” She fills those gaps with more writing. You do the same. Here’s How to Stay Creative. Find Your Voice again. Begin Storytelling again. Never stop.

Get Creative and Stay Creative. This applies to more than just aging. Remaining creative is the remedy for every dry spell you encounter. When your well of creativity and motivation seems to have emptied out. When you are terrified that it may never fill up again. Then you face another Writing Challenge. Overcoming Fear. What do you do then? Get Back to the page.

Get Back to Your Writing Practice. You have many New Novels in you. Let your imagination fly. Dive in. Make it a deep dive. Plunge into whatever you find there. Whatever it may be. You are a writer. Writing is a living part of you. You will not lose that. Writing is your access to your fullest life. You are Overcoming Creativity Challenges. Never Too Late – How to Embrace Lifelong Creativity 

Avoid What Happened to Me. I  published my last New Novel in 2017. A few months later I suffered a heart attack and underwent open heart surgery. After that lots of distractions occurred. After that I stopped writing novels. After that I began to be afraid. Franklin Delano Roosevelt told us – We have everything to fear from fear itself. I discovered how right he was.

Never be Afraid of Hitting Your Wall. I was afraid I could no longer manage enough focus to build a book. I was afraid I could no longer create characters to populate a plot. I was afraid I was no longer a powerful Storyteller. I forgot I was a Heart Attack Survivor. I forgot the significance of what I had struggled through. I forgot I should no longer be afraid of anything.

Never Neglect the Noodling. Nonetheless all through the eight years since then I picked away at a story possibility. I filled many 5 by 8-inch cards. I took volumes of notebook notes. I annotated articles from everywhere. I scribbled unsatisfying pages. The secret that saved me was writing things down. Write something. Write anything.

Begin a New Novel. Now I have begun a new novel. I am writing the first book in a new Suspense Series. I shuffle the notecards. I add to the notebooks. I reread the annotated articles. I write satisfying pages. I Find My Voice. It tells me my pages are not only satisfying. They are good. My editor agrees. I am Writing through Life’s Challenges.

Write through Life’s Challenges. I am a Writer. You are a Writer. Life will always present you with challenges. Meanwhile – you are Motivating Yourself to Write Again. You are Reclaiming Your Creativity. You have your own Inspiring Quotes about Lifelong Creativity. Share them in the Comments section at the end of this post. Help us be Inspired.

Never Retire. A writer never retires. You may take a vacation. Maybe even a long one. You come back eventually. You come back to your pages. Why? Because otherwise you feel lost. Otherwise you feel like your personal GPS is out of whack. Otherwise you cannot find  your meant-to-be writer’s life route.

Write Your Way Back. Your right Writing road is always around the next bend. Your Writing Journey never ends. You know How to Begin a New Novel. Your creativity is always with you. Your imagination is always with you. Keep on writing whatever may occur. Never Too Late – How to Embrace Lifelong Creativity

You possess storytelling magic. Keep on writing whatever may occur.  Alice Orr. http://www.aliceorrbooks.com

Alice Orr. Teacher. Storyteller. Former Editor and Literary Agent. Author of 15 novels, 2 novellas, a memoir, and No More Rejections: 50 Secrets to Writing a Manuscript that Sells. Follow Alice’s Joy Writing blog at http://www.aliceorrbooks.com.

Alice’s Latest Novel. A Time of Fear & Loving. Riverton Road Romantic Suspense Series Book 5. Experience Joy Reading. Available HERE.

Praise for A Time of Fear & Loving. “Alice Orr is the queen of ramped-up stakes and page-turning suspense.” “Warning. Don’t read before bed. You won’t want to sleep.” “The tension in this novel is through the roof.” “I never want an Alice Orr book to end.” “Budding romance sizzles in the background until it ignites with passion.” “The best one yet!”

Alice’s Suspense Novel Series. Riverton Road Romantic Suspense Series. Five intense stories of love and death and intrigue. Available HERE.

Praise for Riverton Road Romantic Suspense Series. “Romance and suspense at its best.” “I highly recommend this page-turner series.” “Twists and turns, strong characters, suspense and passionate love.” “The writing is exquisite.”

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