I’ve been following the Angela Booth newsletter and I’ve found much of her tips quite helpful. Today’s (or yesterday’s) writing tip was to write when you first wake up. I decided to give this a try. I unearthed an old notebook and after flipping through it and finding some interesting
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December 12, 2007
Write Your Way Through the Day or Life….
“Great things are not done by impulse but by a series of small things brought together”
-Vincent Van Gogh
I may have used this quote before, my memory is a little fuzzy so bear with me.
Van Gogh was a smart man albeit a little crazy, but smart. I tend to take his quotes to heart and this [...]
December 11, 2007
Write Like a Pro
Write. Often. All the time. Whenever you can.
Write about your life. Your joys, Your triumphs. Your struggles.
Keep it interesting. Long. Short. Vary your work.
Leave a part of you in your work, so we can identify you by your words.
Leave your legacy. Write from your heart and from your tears.
Just write……….
December 8, 2007
How to Be Successful in Business and Otherwise
Ok. I don’t really know the whole answer to this but I thought I’d give my vast life experience and test out my writing skills.
I’m discovering that there is a lot more to writing and writing on the web than I ever knew. So much more that I’m overwhelmed.
But. Instead of running I’ve been tackling [...]
December 4, 2007
How a Beginner’s Mistake Made Me a Success
It’s easy to make mistakes when you first start something, regardless of what that may be. Now I know that it is how you respond to them that counts.
From my mistake I got success.
Now I have the motivation to more forward. Sometimes you need a push, sometimes you need a shove. Sometimes you need a [...]
December 3, 2007
Doubts and More Doubts
I just wrote a piece on my other blog bLush and of course it went right into the relationship category. I am having serious doubts about writing pieces like that because I feel that I don’t know what I’m doing. Or maybe I really feel that other people don’t think I know what I’m doing. [...]
December 3, 2007
Testing, Testing, 1 2 3……..
Ok, so I just set this thing up and no one even knows about it yet, so I doubt anyone will read this. Although inevitably I will say something stupid and this will be the time when one hundred people decide to drop in for a fireside chat. Oh well, we work with what we’ve [...]