Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse

Sharing methods & habits for compelling writing. 8+ years in Content Marketing. Tweets on storytelling, content, and creativity. Writing fiction.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

Stop reaching great ideas by accident.
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Start attracting them with a process.

Master these 2 cognitive elements of creativity, and you’ll tap into the source of your best ideas.

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[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

Hey writer folks 👋 Long time no speak.

I’m now on the Meta app that should not be named (🧵).

Same username. New look.

Let’s connect again.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

@joshczuba I’m guessing you mean on ‘X’?

Waiting for Threads to open up in Europe and then I’ll jump on there 😆

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

And until it’s done, I won’t be consistent on here or on social media generally.

My DM’s are still open for a chat, and I will be back—on this or another platform—with stories to tell and learnings to share.

Until then, I wish you love, light, and creative energy 🔥

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

In a split decision in 2008, Matthew McConaughey shut down his music label.

“I was kind of making C's in everything,” McConaughey admits. “When I got rid of five classes and focused on three, I started making A’s.”

During my summer social media hiatus, this stuck with me.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

I’m currently hearing the loudest call from fiction: to complete a body of stories.

The time spent has been hypnotic, sometimes frustrating, and mostly joyful.

It’s teaching me more about writing, idea generation, and the creative challenge than anything else.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

Spanish dried meats and olive oil are life-altering.

That is all.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

@MJDorian Fantastic point - I think we all long for that: a story that ties things up in a way that feels tangible and satisfying.

It's the reason I prefer a mini-series over a TV show that runs about 4 seasons too long.

Lost, Walking Dead... I'm looking at you.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

What kind of endings do you prefer when you read fiction?

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

Some of the most important advice in my life didn’t come from a CEO, a therapist, or a book.

It came from my grandma:

“All you can do is your best.”

If you did your best and won, great!
But if you did your best and it wasn't enough...
Move on and mount the next challenge.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

…a what now?

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Started penis rejuvenation protocol today.

Coming soon; just not too soon.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

Part of growth, career or otherwise, is seeing the gifts in others and having the balls to tell them, without ego, what they are.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

@pollynowik Will never get over how pretty this is ✨

+ that sound is pure happiness.

[Matt Barker @mattbarkercopy]

Hook writing is a skill that drives $1,000,000s in sales.

The ultimate cheat sheet to master writing hooks:

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

@AlexCookThinks Agreed, that's when the madness seeps in 🤪

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

I’ve been chilling. Prioritising.

(+ letting the dust settle after this platform got renamed to a letter 😅)

Finished another short story draft, and have been putting more work into my website.

Summer is a slow season - so a perfect time for reflection.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

@AlexCookThinks I feel it works almost like seasons.

I’ll spend a few weeks journalling about purpose, learning about myself…

And then somewhere in that process I’ll end up making plans and adjustments which I take into the day-to-day.

Sometimes overthinking, sometimes not 😆

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

@TheCreatorsBP Just so elegant and detailed 🤤

I’ve seen a ton in Spain but I’ve heard Riga and Prague are filled with art nouveau architecture. Gotta make my way there.

[Thomas Cox | Hunting the Muse @huntingthemuse]

‘Art exists only to communicate a spiritual message.’

The work of Alphonse Mucha is beyond beautiful.

Photos taken at Palau Martorell, Barcelona.