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Writing About Solutions

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Problems that you can solve with your writing are like alligators:

Stage 1: They are born small.
Stage 2: They get big, strong and smart.
Stage 3: They intimidate.
Stage 4: They can live a long time.

Start writing and sharing your problem solving skills as soon as you discover that your approach worked. Your solution might be exactly what your reader has been searching for and will save them a lot of time in getting to a resolution of the problem. They will thank you for your information and the steps you used to problem solve.

The idea is to share your solutions. Your reader can contain a baby alligator or a small problem because you can encourage them with the knowledge that they are: smarter, stronger and can use your solution or at least try your solution to solve a beginning problem.

Your steps to a solution will help your reader because:

  • It takes less time for them using the steps you found worked for you
  • It takes less of their energy when they have a set of steps to try
  • It takes fewer of their mental and emotional resources
  • The stress reduction will help them get to the result/resolution faster

So turn to your digging tools,  you only need to keep your eyes and ears open, ask a few questions.

  • How’s it going?
  • What’s the problem?
  • What’s getting in the way?
  • What’s the best way to fix it?
  • How can I help?
  • This is what I did to solve that type of problem, my solution might work for you too.

Get your writing tools ready and start sharing what you would do or what you did in the same situation. In writing down your steps you might discover additional shortcuts that will help you the next time you have a similar problem and might help your reader get to a solution more quickly.

 

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The Joy Of Reading

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

I have always enjoyed reading.  There is so much to choose from out of the topics that I commonly want to add more to my knowledge base about. I really like the diversity of the approach to the information and frequently find that I can improve my use of the topic information by adding sometimes just one idea presented by the author I am currently reading.

Everyone has a way of approaching knowledge and if you have wanted to share but were concerned that the topic you want to write about already has everything about it covered you need to reconsider. 

Because there are different learning styles the topic needs to be presented in different ways to have the information available to those different learning styles.  Understand  and learn more about learning styles.

Write about it in the way that you learn best and the readers that learn in the same way you do will find your information, be grateful you took time to share and will want to return for more of your future work.

People are continually searching for authors that are able to write in such a way that they GET the information.  It is such a satisfying experience when you can connect with a topic, understand where the author is coming from and can apply the information to better your life.

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Writing Can Improve Your Memory

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Every time you reconstruct a memory, reminisce or re-read a story you have written about an event you experienced, you are actually strengthening the neurological pathway for that memory.  This helps prevent it’s loss.

“What we believe about ourselves is determined by what we remember about our pasts.”  Daniel L Schacter

You can improve your memory by writing in each of the areas of memory.  There are 3 types:

1. abstract ideas

2. general memories which are your knowledge or know-how

3. autobiographical memories which are those memories that form as a result of our experiences, a story about us or about us in the world.  Those slices of our lives and the stories that makeup our core personalities.

Improving your memory is just another great reason to write your stories and sharing with others just adds to the fun.

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Writing Can Equal Remembering

Wednesday, 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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Improve Writing By Using Your Analytical Skills

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Writing is best done when using the right brain skills to communicate your idea.  Editing and tweaking are done by using the analytical skills of your left brain. In writing you need to use both sides of the brain and know when you are using right skills and when you are using left skills.

Before you start to write you can use a combination of the skills from each side of your brain.  Decide on what audience you are writing to, research to know your audience and what they want to know more about, know your topic and approach to the information and then be creative in communicating your ideas about your topic.

Continue with a combination of these skills as you go to the content piece and when you are finishing your idea.

When you can easily move between the skill sets of each side of your brain, writing becomes so much fun. For help in determining what the skills are for each side of the brain and how to integrate them so the sides work better together go here:     http://budurl.com/bintegrated

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I’ll Start Writing When I Get Around To It

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Years ago we used to have coin shaped wooden pieces that had tuit written on one side.  They were for those people who always said I’ll do ___ when I get around to it. Are you saying that to yourself about any thing you are wanting to do but just have not worked into your schedule yet?

Consider that we always make time for those things we really want to do so the question now becomes do you want to write or are you just saying that is what you want to do for whatever reason you are proclaiming you want to write?  If it is writers block you are dealing with you can get help with that by putting your name and email address at the top of the page.

If you are just blowing smoke as they often say about words spoken that one never intends to follow through with now or ever but they sound good at the time, it is time to change your position and do it or stop talking about it.

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Writing-The Ultimate Way To Share With Many Others

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

I discovered something very interesting yesterday when I was taking a class.  I really enjoy learning and then sharing that experience of what I learned with others.  The way I can do that is to write about what I learned, how it made me feel and how empowered I was as a result of  learning.  The teacher doesn’t even have to be that good to get value out of the content they are sharing.  Just find a take away that suits you and where you are in life.

In fact, sometimes the teacher or instructor does not even realize that what they said was important.  Perhaps it wasn’t that important to them but to one of the participants, it could be the exact piece of information that could make a huge difference in something that was going on in their life.

That is why it is so valuable as well as important to write and get your work out into the world.  Your approach to a situation and how you handled it might be just the exact information that someone else needs. 

Forget all this stuff about someone might criticize me–my response–so what?  What if they don’t like me any more after they read my work–my response–they were not your real friend anyway if they will not let you share how you feel and what is important to you. 

Just remember:  Some Will, Some Won’t, So What  Make that sign and put it somewhere you can see it often.  We will never please everyone so stop trying and just be who you are, the real authentic you.  You may be surprised at how many will like and accept you when you stop ditzyfritzing (my word feel free to use it) around trying to be everything to everybody.

Check back, I’ll explain ditzyfritzing next time. You are going to love it!

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Writing About Your Approach To A Topic

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Everyone has a different way to write based on personal experience and topic preference.  That is why you see so many subjects that have books written about them from a variety of authors.  It is important to be true to your writing skills and cover the topic from your experience and expertise.  Your reader that can connect with you might only be able to hear or understand your approach to the topic.  The value you can contribute has the potential to be huge so be sure you allow yourself to write and get your work out into the world.

If you are finding that you are getting stopped, you might be experiencing writers block.  You can get help so you can break through and find the confidence to move forward.

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Using Events To Kick Start Your Writing

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

March is Women’s History Month in the Unites States.  It is a time for celebrating women’s heritage and inspiring stories.  Women have always had a role in keeping the history of their families and communities alive through storytelling, handing down recipes and keeping family treasures safe.

Using that as your theme,  even you men, can write stories about what you remember the ladies in your family doing to keep family traditions in place,  to help us all remember what was important to our families and our local communities.  Even in the organizations we belonged to or now belong to there was a historian that kept track of the events on a yearly basis.

You can always celebrate the past in the present by noticing the stories and the happenings of the family and friends around you.

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Writing About Amazing Experiences

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Today I saw some absolutely beautiful scenery as I was visiting in a near by state to where I live. It was one of those a picture is worth a 1000 words kind of experience.  However, it occured to me that it would be a great writing exercise to explain what I saw and felt as I was able to be in the moment with special friends.

Writing is about being able to communicate in words what we are experiencing with all of our senses (seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling and tasting) and I am always grateful for another way to expand the ability to put on paper an experience I am having.  Try your hand at it and have fun!

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