Riley Smith 1/8/24 Riley Smith 1/8/24

Top 9 Goal Setting Tips

Here are 9 ways you can help yourself when setting goals.

Edit your 2024 resolutions using these tips, and you’ll get more done with less struggle and more positivity.

Riley Smith 3/1/23 Riley Smith 3/1/23

Spite is the best motivator

In this blog, I talk about how I use my desire for vengeance to motivate me to make art!

Riley Smith 1/19/23 Riley Smith 1/19/23

5 books that do “book” differently

As a writer, I am constantly looking for inspiration to refill my creative cup. If I’m going to make good stuff, I have to be reading good stuff (or reading bad stuff that inspires me to make something better, lol).

I also like weird stuff.

I like books that break boundaries, that try new things, that do the whole idea of “book” in a way nobody’s seen before.

Here are my five favorite books that are pretty darn weird in the best way possible.

Riley Smith 10/28/21 Riley Smith 10/28/21

31 inspiring writing quotes

We picked 31 quotes so you can have one for every day of the month!

Use them for NANOWRIMO (with one extra).

Let us know your favorite or if you have a good one in the comments!

Riley Smith 8/4/21 Riley Smith 8/4/21

How to make creative friends

It’s incredibly difficult to make stuff without any support. We’re pack animals. If the people around you aren’t interested… you’re going to lose interest.

Make things easier on yourself (and more fun, inspiring, awesome, etc.) by cultivating your own group of creative friends.

Riley Smith 4/14/21 Riley Smith 4/14/21

5 comedy books that show you how to be funny

You might not know this yet, but I’m a comedy writer. I’ve done comedy in the US and the UK. I’ve done stand-up, I’ve written sketch comedy, and I’ve done improv.

I’ve even taught both sketch and improv. I’ve been doing comedy in some capacity for over a decade.

So I’m excited to share with you today five books that are close to my heart. These are the books that taught me everything I know about comedy writing and being funny in person.

Riley Smith 3/18/21 Riley Smith 3/18/21

How to curate your social media feed so it inspires your art

If you’re a creator, it can be upsetting to see your projects lag behind, while you spend plenty of time jumping between newsfeeds and For You pages.

You don’t have to beat yourself up about it… You can USE your social media time to spur your creativity.

Inspiration can come from anywhere, and today, we’re going to show you how to curate your feed to make you a more creative and fulfilled artist.

Riley Smith 2/11/21 Riley Smith 2/11/21

2 tired 4 life? Here are 27 Energy Boosts to get your creativity back

This has been the most exhausting year (and counting) of many of our lives.

It takes a lot of effort to get the energy you need to create.

If you’re like me, there’s a bit of a paradox: you don’t feel good unless you’re creating, but some days, you don’t feel good enough to create!

So how do we stop the sleepy cycle?

Riley Smith 2/3/21 Riley Smith 2/3/21

9 Ways to Beat Writer’s Block… that you’ve never heard before

Hey, I get it. Writer's block is a very real thing.

Writing is everything to me, but for three years after college... I didn't write a thing. Maybe three pages total... one comedy sketch was all I wrote for three whole years of my life.

Now I write at least 50k every month. That's the equivalent of National Novel Writing Month EVERY MONTH.

Riley Smith 2/3/21 Riley Smith 2/3/21

Feeling Lost? Find purpose with an Artist’s Anthem.

What is it that drives the artists/writers/musicians/etc. you idolize to get so much shit done?

Successful people like to say it’s innate talent or 10,000 HOURS OF HARD WORK AND EFFORT AND SPIT AND GRIT AND… AND… AND… HARD WORK!

But you work hard. Or at least, you’ve given it a hell of a good shot.

So why are you not getting the results they are?