Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • Now For Something Completely Different…

    Did you ever watch Monty Python? That was one of my favourite lines – “and now for something completely different…” – because it always did introduce something that had little to do with whatever had come before. I loved the unexpectedness of that troupe. Anyway, this isn’t a blog about Monty Python. It’s a blog…

  • TAW Check In – Week #8

    Is anyone following The Artist’s Way with me this time, thought? I’ve been doing the exercises and my morning pages. As usual, I’m having trouble getting around to my artist date – I seem to manage it on alternate weeks, which isn’t the plan!But even so, I am feeling more productive – which is a…

  • Storytelling Techniques

    We watched a movie last weekend which got me to thinking. It was a foreign film, English title MOSTLY MARTHA, in German with English subtitles. The story is of the precocious-child-thaws-icy-heart-of-single-perfectionist-making-life-and-love-possible – the protagonist is a chef in a very chichi restaurant. (The shots of food were gorgeous, btw. Eat before you watch it.) What…

  • TAW Weekly Check-In

    In the midst of all the promo posts, here’s a real one! One of the things I find really interesting about following The Artist’s Way program – because it happens a lot – how often I end up anticipating the next exercise of the book. That’s before I read it. Last week, for example, I…

  • TAW Weekly Check-In #6

    I’m halfway through the twelve week program outlined in The Artist’s Way and have reached the chapter about defending your ideas. “The first rule of magic is containment.” This is a really potent phrase for me, because I think it’s true. JC is referring to the temptation of talking about ideas before they’ve been nurtured…