Beware of Writers’ Groups
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Do You Accept Your Mission, Mr. Hunt?
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Do You Accept Your Mission, Mr. Hunt? I don’t know if you’re a fan of the Mission Impossible movies, but I am. They’re entertaining as hell, the action sequences are well made and although much of it is rather an Ethan Hunt ego show than spy...
Like Musicians In A Brain Scan
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Like Musicians In A Brain Scan I’m reading a book right now that’s called “Range: Why Generalists Triumph In a Specialized World” The book mentions a study that was done on musicians. They analyzed, which of their brain regions were active when they’re playing. The interesting thing about...
The Thought Diary
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] The Thought Diary Let’s imagine you wrote a thought diary every day. (Which I did for some time and it’s highly recommendable.) What would be in it? My takeaway was that most of the thoughts that I had in a day were almost the same every day. Later, I...
Things You Can Do While You Hate Your Day Job
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Things You Can Do While You Hate Your Day Job A lot of writers are in this situation: Having a day job to pay the bills (and probably feed the kids), while at the same time trying to keep your writing endeavours going. And I don’t know...
Create Delight Before It’s Expected
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Create Delight Before It's Expected When the movie “Face/Off” with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage came out I just loved in right from the start. I remember sitting in the cinema and there’s a shootout right at the beginning that at the time was at...
A Confused Mind Never Buys
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] A Confused Mind Never Buys The phrase comes from the marketing world but it applies perfectly well for writing. Think about the last great movie or tv show you saw. Or the last great book you read. Was there any moment of confusion in there? I guess not. Now,...
If You Do It It’s Easy, If You Don’t Do It It’s Hard
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] If You Do It It's Easy, If You Don't Do It It's Hard Pick one thing you’re fantasizing about. And with fantasizing about I mean one thing that you’ve been wanted to do for quite some time, but until now you haven’t done it yet. There might...
How To Get Inspired To Write
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How To Get Inspired To Write There are many misconceptions about many things but among creative people the concept of inspiration is in the top 3 I believe. What most people think is this: Inspiration is something that sometimes - if you’re lucky - turns up all...
Discipline Equals Freedom
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Discipline Equals Freedom I heard someone say the phrase the other day. It describes something very important, something that is easily missed. A lot of people struggle with discipline. They are distracted all the time about all the wonderful and not so great things in life. I mean,...