What Would Jesus Do?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] What Would Jesus Do? We all have our heroes. Idols we look up to and try to model. If you're a writer for sure you could come up with a name or two of professional writers who have what you would call your "dream job". The...
The Mess You’re In Right Now
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] The Mess You’re In Right Now Let’s take one of your struggles right now on your way to becoming a professional writer. It may be craft-related. Or fear-related. Or business-related. Too little time. Struggling with creativity. Or with access to the right people. Whatever it is...
The One Who Wins Against Nine Others
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] The One Who Wins Against Nine Others Let's suppose you go to a party. You're all dressed up, and you wear a new dress, a new hairstyle, a pair of new shoes, whatever it may be, something that you're proud of. And in fact, nine...
Jack of No Trades
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Jack of No Trades I’m sure you know those kinds of people, no matter what you’re talking about, they just need to show off how much they know about that. They always have all the answers. I bet everyone has one of them in their circle...
Successful Writers Have Superpowers
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Successful Writers Have Superpowers When you listen to a bunch of writer's interviews, you'll notice that there are certain things they basically all do, and some that are very different. Every writer has a somewhat different approach to getting the work done. Some like to write...
Is overthinking your thing?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Is overthinking your thing? I don't know a lot about cooking, but I can put together a decent meal that tastes okay and keeps me healthy (and from starving). And in my experience cooking is much easier if you know what your next step is going...
How dirty are you?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How dirty are you? My experience with inspiration: Inspiration is already there. You already are an inspired person. The problem is, that inspiration is hidden somewhere beneath a lot of other things and that's why you can't see it and it can't come out. Or at...
This is bad, right?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] This is bad, right? In the movie “Charlie Wilson’s War”, Philip Seymour Hoffman’s character recites a story about a Zen Master. It goes more or less like this: --- The Zen Master, The Boy, & The Horse In this village, a little boy is given a gift of a...
When you do something else you miss writing. But when you sit down to write you want to do something else.
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] When you do something else you miss writing. But when you sit down to write you want to do something else. When you do something else you miss writing. But when you sit down to write you want to do something else. We all know that...
How trigger-happy are you?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How trigger-happy are you? I have a friend who loves to complain. And it's always the same topics that set him off. Sometimes when I'm in the mood for a character study, I would bring up certain topics just to see if I can predict...