Notes on Your Notes

The six-time bestselling author Laura Davis joins a very special episode of NOYN to discuss her latest book The Burning Light of Two Stars. Laura gets deep into her creative process with Joshua and Adam, and speaks about what it was like to work with Joshua as a coach as she developed her intimate memoir about her complicated relationship with her mother.You can pre-order The Burning Light of Two Stars here.To learn more about Laura, including retreats and classes, click here.***To sign up for the Creative Vision class beginning November 7th, email notesonyournotes@gmail.com------* Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity* Rate us on iTunes!** Find us on Instagram!** Join our Facebook Group** Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

How do we create boundaries around our commitment to our creative work so that we can thrive and be healthy in that space? In this talk taken from a 2021 Supporting Your Creative Vision class, Adam explains the importance of maintaining healthy boundaries around your creative time as well as where to start looking if that's a challenge for you!   ***To sign up for the Creative Vision class beginning July 11th, email notesonyournotes@gmail.com ***Don't forget, our signature Developing Your Story Class begins next Thursday, July 8th! Come develop your writing in a fun, supportive environment. ------ * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

Is there another way of approaching our creative work that stands in between only working when inspiration hits versus keeping a rigid, structured schedule? With this enlightening talk from our January Creative Vision class, Joshua gets into the third way--how we stay inspired, discover our unique way of working creatively, and yet still maintain consistent progress over time.   ***To sign up for the Supporting Your Creative Vision class that starts July 11th and runs for 4 Sundays, email notesonyournotes@gmail.com ***Don't forget, our signature Developing Your Story Class begins next Thursday, June 3rd! Come develop your writing in a fun, supportive environment. ------ * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

How do we nurture our creativity consistently? What do boundaries, discipline, inspiration and intentions have to do with it? Joshua and Adam have some insights for all of these topics as we step into spring creativity. ------ * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

Betty returns with a whole bunch of amazing new material. We discuss how taking notes and integrating them help develop a story as well as how we lay the foundation for cutting later. Plus we learn amazing new details about Betty's family story! NOYN Holiday Story Salon: Sunday, December 13th, 5pm PT Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82449733730 Meeting ID: 824 4973 3730 Betty on Facebook: ------------   * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

The writer Betty Goldstein brings us a special story about her family's move from Brooklyn to Southern California in the 50's. We give her a round of notes to help her deepen and expand an engaging story! If you've ever wondered how stories get better and develop over drafts, this is a must listen. NOYN Holiday Story Salon: Sunday, December 13th, 5pm PT Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82449733730 Meeting ID: 824 4973 3730 Betty on Facebook ------------   * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

The master of creative process and biographical practitioner Kim Murriera joins Joshua and Adam all the way from the island of Kauai to discuss everything from how to play in our creative process to how to listen to ourselves and others. An enlightening interview from one very wise woman! Don't Forget! The NOYN 3rd Anniversary Party is this Sunday (10/18) at 5pmPT on Zoom. Bring your friends for some amazing storytelling:) More info on Facebook, DM us on IG/FB, or email notesonyournotes@gmail.com for more info!   * Find Kim Murriera at www.evolutionarybiograpy.com and www.createyourselfawake.com or on Facebook ------------   * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

One Year Later. The writer Hannah Smith from the NOYN special series, "The Hannah Episodes," returns to talk about what she learned from the story development process, and where her life has gone since spending two months developing a personal story with Joshua and Adam. If you missed the incredible four part Hannah Episode series, you can catch them here: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4. -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

The inimitable Ann Randolph joins Joshua and Adam to talk about starting Happy Cock Church, where love rules the roost! It's an amazing journey into what it means to have the courage to manifest your vision. Take the leap with Ann.   *Attend a Happy Cock Service * Learn more about Ann Randolph * Happy Cock on Facebook -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

How do you want to remember this wild time in your life? How do you gently take steps to engage with your creativity? Also join Joshua and Adam for a FREE online movement and writing class this Tuesday, April 21st at 630pm Pacific Time! Details for Zoom Link below. https://zoom.us/j/459630546?pwd=NFF0L2VnaEdqRzM1dml0OTdDakc2QT09 Meeting ID: 459 630 546 Password: Write -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

Educator, cartoonist and writer Jessica Abel talks to us about creative focus, self-compassion and making strong decisions about what you're committing to. She also talks about the time Ira Glass called her in Mexico City!   * Free Online Writing Class This Thursday with Joshua & Adam, April 2nd, 5pm-630pm Pacific TIme. Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/560763578 * Jessica Abel website https://bit.ly/notes-ja-com * Jessica Abel Creative Engine workshop: https://bit.ly/notes-engine * Jessica Abel One Goal to Rule Them All worksheet https://bit.ly/notes-og ------ * Listen to the Hannah Episodes! * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

How is your creativity doing during the age of corona? If you're anxious, weary, or unfocused, this THE episode for you! Joshua and Adam talk practically and spiritually about how to make the most of this time and stay connected to your creative self.   * Joshua and Adam's free online writing workshop, April 2nd (Thursday), 5pm PST. * Listen to the Hannah Episodes! * Talia Walsmith Artist and Coach! * Focusmate * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

How do you take a written story and turn it into a compelling oral story to be told on stage? How do you imbue the words of your story with point of view and emotion? Joshua jumps into full gear to help Hannah as she prepares for her on stage performance. Adam supervises. * If you want to catch up on the Hannah Episodes and see the story from inception, go back and listen to Parts 1, 2 and 3! * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

Hannah returns with her close to final draft after multiple rewrites and many turns integrating Joshua and Adam's notes. This episode is jam packed with so much fine detail work that winds up being the massive difference in why a story really pops or just sounds like other stories. And don't forget you can always start by listening to the Hannah Episodes, Part 1 and 2. * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

Hannah takes Joshua and Adam's notes and writes and writes and writes:) What does she bring in and how does it begin to alter the story? Stage two of the story development process is here! And remember if you missed part 1 you can always go back and start there!   * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

From Notes On Your Notes, this special series answers the ultimate question: How do you go from a story idea to a finished narrative? Join us as the writer and podcast producer Hannah Smith shares a personal story with us, and Joshua and Adam work with her to develop the story towards its amazing finale, a heartfelt on stage performance!   * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes!   -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

How do you move from stand up comedy to TV writing? How do you write better scenes and develop authentic characters? TV Writer Nora Nolan, who has written for Trial and Error (NBC) and Paradise PD (Netflix), joins us because she has all the answers.   * Nora Nolan on Instagram and Twitter * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

Watch a writer go through the full creative process from first draft to final on stage performance! Joshua and Adam bring you the Hannah Episodes! Out February 27th.

What will the future look like for writers and storytellers? NY Times bestselling author and founder of The Flow Research Collective Steven Kotler joins us to talk about how the acceleration of innovation in the technology space will impact everyone, including creatives. * The Future is Faster Than You Think, Steven Kotler, and The Flow Research Collective * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes!   -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

Manager and Producer Alex Flores joins Adam and Joshua for an enlightened conversation about the manager-talent relationship, staying flexible in the creative process and Alex's enormous love of cinema. * Mojo Global Arts * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes!   -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

Acclaimed writer Laura Davis asks Joshua and Adam: now that she’s finished her most recent book, how does she deal with all the emotions, from emptiness to anxiety, that accompany the wait to put something out in the world.   * Learn more about Laura Davis' work! * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes!   -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

The singer-songwriter Clare Means joins Notes On Your Notes to talk about making a career as an independent artist, in the studio, busking and on the internet. An inspiring interview about finding a way to do what you love. And she sings in studio as well!   * Clare Means on Spotify, Patreon, Periscope, Instagram or Her Website * Clare's Video for "Danger" * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes!   -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

Joshua and Adam explore a new tool to figure out how they want to feel in 2020 creatively. From there they set goals for this year for themselves. Follow along as they work through the second half of the Creative Workbook! Don't forget to download the workbook! * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes!   -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

Joshua and Adam talk about the times in the last 12 months when they were happiest creatively, and what it tells them about where they want to go in the future of their work! Taken from a FB Live, this recording is another way to play along with the free 2020 Creative Workbook, which you can download below! It's also a question--When were you happiest creatively--that is a great reflection!   * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes!   -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

How do you make a creative vision for 2020 that will inspire you? How do you follow through on it? Joshua and Adam do the 2020 Creative Workbook together and walk you through a process for setting goals that will change your year. Download it now! It's free!   * Download the 2020 Creative Workbook here! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes!   -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

It's the end of a decade. When you look back what were your creative priorities? What were the priorities in your life? And what do you want to prioritize for the next decade?   * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com*

How do we track the tiny choices each character is making in every scene so that we can write better scenes and tell better stories? * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

How do we give our characters the space in our stories not to know every answer? How can we reframe not knowing as human and bring authenticity to our stories?   * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

As artists, it's so important to have an open system, one where we remain flexible, collaborative, being willing to find a way forward! Joshua gets into it.   * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Why are the stories we tell ourselves about who we are so critical to our lives as artists?   * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

How do you expand your range of expression so that your can explore difficult parts of yourself, and bring those parts to your creative work? * The Objects in Our Lives, Episode 3 * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

The first film Morris Ruskin produced was the incredibly unique Glengarry Glen Ross which starred Kevin Spacey, Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon and Jonathan Pryce. He has gone on to produce 60 movies and found two production companies. He joins Adam and Joshua to talk about what exactly a producer does and what the film making process looks like when it's actually working!   * Mojo Global Arts * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

The value of an outside perspective on your creative work can be invaluable. But what's even more important is knowing what to do with that perspective and how to discern what's most important!   * Joshua's Classes: The Creative Process for Writers and Actors with Joshua! (Culver CIty) or Writing out Loud (Downtown LA)! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

2 Years. 100 Episodes. In October of 2017 we launched Notes on Your Notes with the idea that we'd do 10 or 15 episodes. Test the waters. What a difference 2 years makes. Joshua and Adam look back at how they did it and what they learned.   * Joshua's Classes: The Creative Process for Writers and Actors with Joshua! (Culver CIty) or Writing out Loud (Downtown LA)! * The NOYN Storytelling Showcase at the Fanatic Salon in Culver City, October 22nd! * October 20th, in Downtown LA, our 2nd Anniversary Party! DM for details! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

What do you do when you disengage from a movie, a play, a TV show, any story? Joshua and Adam talk about how asking yourself why you've lost interest can open doors to becoming a better storyteller.   * Joshua's Classes: The Creative Process for Writers and Actors with Joshua! (Culver CIty) or Writing out Loud (Downtown LA)! * The NOYN Storytelling Showcase at the Fanatic Salon in Culver City, October 22nd! * October 20th, in Downtown LA, our 2nd Anniversary Party! DM for details! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

To work or not work on multiple projects at the same time, that is the question. Joshua is a strong yes on this question. Adam sees it in a bit more nuanced way.   * Joshua's Classes: The Creative Process for Writers and Actors with Joshua! (Culver CIty) or Writing out Loud (Downtown LA)! * The NOYN Storytelling Showcase at the Fanatic Salon in Culver City, October 22nd! * October 20th, in Downtown LA, our 2nd Anniversary Party! DM for details! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Touch, Taste, Sight, Smell, Sound. What's the dominant sensory experience in your life that helps you take in the world? And what does it say about you as an artist?     * The Creative Process for Writers and Actors with Joshua! Starts October 7th! * October 20th, in Downtown LA, our 2nd Anniversary Party! DM for details! * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Why is it so important to understand a character's emotional wound and then put that part of the character under stress? Yet again, Joshua and Adam discuss character.   * October 20th, in Downtown LA, our 2nd Anniversary Party! DM for details!* Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Why is meeting with other creatives so important and what is the right mindset for approaching meetings with people who have the potential to advance your career?   * October 20th, in Downtown LA, our 2nd Anniversary Party! DM for details!* Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Most people just sit down to write. Joshua and Adam discuss the advantages of having specific practices they do prior to creating to put themselves in the optimal creative state. * Brain Gym Pace Exercise for Writing * October 20th, in Downtown LA, our 2nd Anniversary Party! DM for details!* Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Joshua talks about a friend's date that went wrong, and examines how it reflects the choices characters make.   * October 20th, in Downtown LA, our 2nd Anniversary Party! DM for details!* Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

How do we create habits in our lives that support our work as artists? Joshua and Adam have some incredibly helpful tips.     * October 20th, in Downtown LA, our 2nd Anniversary Party! DM for details!* Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Joshua and Adam talk about the three parts of the creative process--create, release, relax--and how to be aware of where in the process you may be stuck.   * October 20th, in Downtown LA, our 2nd Anniversary Party! DM for details!* Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

How aware of their flaws and misbehaviors are your characters over the trajectory of the story? It's a subtle but important point but the moment your character sees clearly their behavior, everything must change.   * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Joshua and Adam share secret parts of their lives and histories. Also they discuss the difference between artistic technique and artistic POV and sensibility, and why the latter is more important. * This Monday's Class with Joshua in San Diego * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

What can we learn about storytelling and character from astrology? What if astrology was a way to more deeply understand your characters? Astrologer and storyteller Debra Silverman, who has worked with everyone from Yogis to Sting, joins us for this special episode!   * Subscribe to Notes On Your Notes! * Study with Debra! * Email apprenticeship@debrasilvermanastrology.com to be part of Debra's next class. * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

What do the people, places or objects that attract or repulse us tell us about our character? Knowing what your characters in your stories love and hate is key to creating characters with strong points of view! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Joshua and Adam balk at this question: "When Do You Know To Quit?" They examine the notion of success, committing to creative projects, and why the whole idea of quitting is misguided. Also they discuss politics and cults!     * Study with Joshua at Hollyhock in July! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Can dissecting a joke teach us about how a story works?   * Study with Joshua at Hollyhock in July! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Do we access a story idea from the macro level (a story about love and redemption) or micro detail (the locket his lover wore)? Knowing how you think about entering a story can impact how you write that story.   * Study with Joshua at Hollyhock in July! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com

Directing is about helping someone produce a finished creative project. Coaching is about helping someone develop as an artist. Why is this difference so important?   * Study with Joshua at Hollyhock in July! * Don't forget to download the NOYN 2019 Creative Workbook to get your creative goals clear! -------- * Joshua's Guided Meditation for Creativity * Rate us on iTunes!* * Leave a Voicemail for us: 415-735-6095* * Find us on Instagram!* * Join our Facebook Group* * Email us at notesonyournotes@gmail.com* * All Episodes at our website, www.notesonyournotes.com