Want to really accelerate AND sustain your writing success? Listen up. In order to be a successful and effective communicator, you’ve GOT to be a highly effective listener. As a leader, LISTENING skills are MORE IMPORTANT than your speaking or writing skills …. No question 1. Quiet your mind and make a space for you [...]
There are so many places looking for someone to write something for them. Schools, local charities, theaters to name a few. Online magazines, newsletters and special reports. Writing short paragraphs will also allow you to make money again while you are practicing. Do you have 5 minutes? Most businesses could use a hand with writing [...]
Writing is just another form of talking. Having a conversation on paper is something we are familiar with because we have seen books and magazines. You can start your own conversation on paper with ease by pretending to tell your story as if the reader was in your presence as you are writing. The only [...]
Capture first, edit later. If you spend ages in the pre-planning and trying to set up perfect conditions before your start a writing project, it’s less and less likely you will be able to create freely and without over thinking everything. Over thinking will get you into all of those old patterns of who do [...]
It has been a great week- but it reminded me how fragile we are as humans – and how even if all we aspire to is comfort and happiness, our minds try to protect us and move us back to that comfort zone whenever we try to move outside of the zone where it feels [...]
How successful would you be at playing a game if you had no idea what the rules were? How successful would you be at arriving at a destination if you had no map, no directions, no compass, and all the road signs were written in a foreign language? How could you build a house without [...]
Just a few days ago the USA celebrated the fourth of July which is their independence day celebration. Oh, the picnics, concerts and fireworks that were on the schedule. Lots of good material to write about: from family traditions to favorite outings to favorite foods. I remember hearing that the hot dog eating champion won [...]
Everyone that I speak to has a desire to write a book. When I ask them what they will write about I usually get I don’t know, I just feel like I should write a book. If you are in the same place, I have several suggestions for you to help you get started as [...]
When you think about a topic that you usually write about, try to present it from a different angle so you can give it a fresh approach. You will discover new things about the topic that you have missed out on because of being familiar with your old way of communicating about the subject. It [...]
Many words do not sound like they are written. If you put the phonetic spelling as well as the word it will help your reader follow your story line. Ex: Challis (shall lee) Plisse (pla say) are 2 types of Fabrics. Someone who sews would probably know how to say the word, but not always. [...]