February 4th, 2010
How cool is this to get such a nice compliment on my article
The best writing advice ever told is writing about what you know. Yes, the best advice is writing what you are passionate about, you know, what really excites you.
I hate to write when I am bored. I know or suspect the reader would feel the same. That is why the reader will never see such writing, at least from me. It is best to write when you are excited as the article below describes so beautifully.
Johnny Ray
Writing When You Are Excited
Author: Designer Marjorie J McDonald
I am over the top excited about some things that are going on in my life and remembered the feeling and how easy it was in the past to write when I was experiencing this feeling. I felt like I just had to share what was happening with the people in my life who could get excited with me.
Try thinking back and see if you can tap into a time when you were experiencing this same type of excitement energy and use it to write a story about an event or happening. It can add so much to the story and help your reader experience the same thing as if they were with you at the same time it was happening to you. The connection to the reader gets better as well as stronger when you can help them experience this same kind of energy. It is fun to be excited and it is fun to be around excited people or attending exciting events.
See what part of the event stands out, what part of the events are more of a blur and those parts of the event that happened but you do not remember them at all. Capture the same feeling for a character you are writing about in a fiction story.
Put in the same things you remember that your character can experience. It adds so much to your story line when that excitement can be shared through writing about it and then, as an extra bonus, including how you felt about it from an observer point of view.
By engaging your reader at this level it also increases your satisfaction when you get the feedback that the reader was able to connect and feel the same way you did when you were writing the story. An amazing feeling of how words can be powerful in the connection and sharing process.
About the Author:I learned to write from my mother who was an extraordinary teacher. She made it so much fun to communicate with words that I grew up enjoying every area that had to do with writing especially if there was a creative twist to it. I feel fortunate to have that kind of relationship with language. I appreciate stories, good articles and books. Along the way, I have been able to share with others my joy of writing and creativity.
And now I invite you to join me for a series of writing exercises to help you discover your areas of interest in writing as well as increasing your creativity. You may access these exercises by visiting http://www.freecreativewritingstrategies.com
You also may enjoy visiting my blog at http://www.creativewritingmadeeasy.com
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February 3rd, 2010
Everyone thinks that their problems are unique. They take them in, internalize them and fester on them. They must be unique because if they weren’t they could just find out what someone else did to fix it and do that.
As we grow up we are programmed not to talk about our problems and hence the same situations/challenges (that all human beings face) become personal.
Remember I keep telling you to write out what you did to solve the problem you faced and be willing to share the steps and results with others so they could get to the solution more quickly.
It’s just that you think you are the only one going through problem xyz, that no one else would want to know what you did and you might be embarrassed if they found out you had that problem.
Even through we all feel that our problems are unique to us, they are in fact a problem that everyone faces at some time in their life. If you can solve your problem and move yourself closer to your goal, then you have created a solution to a problem that millions of others also have and will gladly pay money to read, learn about or give their attention to.
Ex: Have you ever had the experience of telling someone something and when they explained your problem back to you, you were excited because this person truly understood what you were experiencing and feeling?
They are really willing to listen to you then when they feel like you understand them. They will become one of your readers because you are helping them with an answer.
News Flash: Stop thinking you are the only one going through situations in your life and focus on looking for and sharing with others your steps on solving those issues we all face.
Write and share and enjoy the profits you will make by being willing to do that.
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February 2nd, 2010
Learning From The Prairie Dog
Prairie dog families live in underground colonies called burrows. The burrows can be more than a hundred feet (30 meters) long and have many different compartments (at bottom) where the prairie dogs sleep, raise their young, and stay safe from predators. They are part of the squirrel family and multiply very quickly.
When I was growing up on a ranch in eastern Montana we began to have large colonies of prairie dogs begin to build what were called prairie dog towns. As you looked across the land you saw many holes where the burrows opened and they came to the surface above ground.
It was very dangerous for the animals who could fall into the holes and injure their legs. A very costly problem for anyone who had livestock , in my father’s case, horses, sheep and cattle.
So what does the prairie dog have to do with writing?
Life can become so busy trying to handle the things that pop up, like the prairie dog popping out of it’s burrow unexpectedly, that it can become like a giant game of Whack-The-Dog. Every time you solve a problem, two or three even more stubborn challenges pop up to distract you and try to pull your attention away from your life and writing to problem solving mode.
This can seriously hinder your ability to think about how you want to communicate unless you are jotting down the steps to how you are solving the problem. Those steps can really help others if you will share what and how you handled the problems you encountered.
Knowing how you solved a problem that you dealt with can save others many hours of trying to figure out what to do. Think about a solution you came up with when someone else was sharing how they solved a problem.
On the other hand, your mind continually pops up ideas for you, that if you jot down at the time, you can go back to later and add more content to expand on the idea.
Be pro-active at keeping those dogs (problems) at bay and be diligent at spending a few minutes a day at your writing. Those 5 minutes here and there can even produce a nice income for you. Click Here! for more information about how you can do that.
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February 1st, 2010
You have been saying for a long time that you want to write. Get going!!! If you are on overwhelm there are a gazillion resources that I have provided for you. If you are not using any of them shame on you.
You either are going to write or you are not. If you do not follow through stop talking about it. You are just frustrating yourself and everyone else around you. When you do not follow through on your dream you are also sabotaging yourself with other things so stop trying to sink your creative ship.
If you have even 5 minutes you can begin and even sell your work. Use the right side of your brain and just start jotting down ideas like you are doodling.
If you are trying to put an idea down and explain it right away your left brain is getting in the way and that is why you are experiencing writing being hard.
Writer’s block, feeling stuck about what you want to say and just not doing it are just barriers you must break free from. I have given you lots of ways to do that so NO EXCUSES. I want to see your written work out in the world this year. This is the year for you to start. Get going, don’t look back, some will like what you write-some won’t-so what?
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January 27th, 2010
In the end, making claims or bragging about accomplishments are only as good as the reality of them and not the perceptions you have which negatively affect your friends, family or customers. The small details can matter and make the difference of whether people will by your products or services or read your books or articles. So, make claims that are true and keep the promises you make!!
You have to keep it real for your readers or they will find other authors that they can resonate with who do tell the truth or present the story line in such a way that the reader can connect with the content. No body likes a showoff and often that is how they perceive someone who is bragging but can not back up what they are saying with any proof that what they said is what they did.
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January 26th, 2010
This is the year for you to begin to use your writing to make money. Yes, there are many ways for you to do that and I am going to show you where to start. Click Here! This is so easy you just have to get started. Do it NOW before you change your mind and wait another year or make another excuse.
Make Money With Your Writing
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January 25th, 2010
Is being a best selling author a secret desire of yours? It is so simple if you just know the right steps to take.
Within the next few weeks I will be looking for 15 people who want my help in accomplishing that goal. Check back with me frequently to find out how you apply.
Tags: Having Your Writing Published, start your writing career, strategic planning for writing
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January 20th, 2010
Finding Your Inner Author
I am so excited about offering my complete series of creative writing exercises to help people zero in on the type of writing they want to do and to begin to write better in that area. You can get your own copy. Click here to get started: http://www.creativewritingstrategies.com
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January 20th, 2010
Whenever you are going through old stored things that you haven’t seen for awhile you find written items. It can be correspondence in the form of old letters, job reviews, invitations, newspaper or magazine articles or a variety of other documentation.
Some of these items can bring back many memories both good and bad. You might not want to remember the grades you got in the 7th grade but your mom saved the report cards and gave them to you along the way.
On the other hand you might be delighted with a newspaper article about something you really were, at the time, interested in pursuing.
For example: My father’s ranch in Montana was the type site for the Tyrannosaurus Rex. That means it was the first full Rex skeleton found in the world. Recently I found an old National Geographic that had a long wonderful article about the discovery and process. I also found a newspaper clipping about when my mother found a large number of Triceratops fossils.
As a small child, I wasn’t aware of many of the details but found them quite interesting when I read about them as an adult. I do remember the paleontologists that came every summer. We used to call them the bone diggers. They had such cool tools and were so patient in uncovering the fossils.
Now, you find something that has been put away for awhile and see if you can bring back some memories worth remembering. You might even stir up a renewed interest in doing something about the information you uncover.
Will I get something going in fossils and dinasaurs? Probably not, but, I can get the bones I have to the nearest museum so others can enjoy them.
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January 19th, 2010
Now that the holidays are past and we are beginning to get back to normal schedules is a great time to think about some of the events that you could use to tell some short stories.
You could break down the categories into EX: travel, friends, events, experiences shopping or any others that apply to you. You might even consider including all of the holiday events and happenings and putting them into a book for yourself or your family as a keepsake.
Everytime you remember a special event when you have not recorded the details you might leave out important facts about what happened. I know most of you have good memories but when you try to remember everything about everything sometimes things get jumbled and left out. The diary concept was a good idea that you can start using again.
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