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Writing my memoir is teaching me a lot about story. Because the best ones read like novels, I’m structuring it with plot, colorful characters and scenes that build to the climax where the main character will have to choose between two overwhelming but conflicting needs. So, throughout the book, we get to watch her squirm [...]
I wrote a blog post at Cat’s Eye Writer last spring called “Blogging Is Writing Is Life.” My dad had just died and I wanted to celebrate his life. One reader’s comment surprised me. She said, “When I found out your dad had died, I immediately thought about that post you wrote about trying to [...]
You’ve sat in front of the white screen and the flashing cursor for hours, days, months and nothing is coming out. You have a post, article, sales copy, book that has to be written. Your mind is buzzing, but nothing flows from the fingers to the screen. We’ve all felt it, encountered it, bitched about [...]
When I was in high school, my junior year English teacher had a saying: “Words are power.” I’ll bet she said it at least 4 times a week. She would pull out example after example to prove her point even though no one in the class disagreed with her. We all knew words were important [...]
“Now, the making of a good compilation tape is a very subtle art. Many do’s and don’ts. First of all, you’re using someone else’s poetry to express how you feel. This is a delicate thing.” Rob Gordon (High Fidelity) In honor of John Cusack and Stephen Frear’s wonderful adaptation of Nick Hornby‘s novel High Fidelity, I [...]
Are you telling a good story? What about a bad story? Are you telling a story at all? Whether we’re talking about Gamification, Social Media Strategy or blogging, you need to start thinking in terms of telling your story. Think you don’t have one and you’re just relying on your knowledge and experience to lead you through your writing? [...]
Since giving up my Mac to my wife (group awwwww…please) and not using it’s Text Editor, I have been looking for a simple, straightforward, no bloat (thank you @MSchechter for that word) application that I can use for my blogging. Holy Moly Batman, today I discovered just the thing I was looking for and it [...]
It’s mean and messy and frustrating. It sneaks up when you least expect it and stays around like the in-laws (just won’t leave). It latches onto your life and your brain and the more you think about it, the stronger it grows. It’s writer’s block and if you’ve been writing for very long, you’ve had [...]
In my younger days of entrepreneurship, after I left teaching but before I found my true life’s passion, I tried on a few different business ideas. My first rule for launching a business was that I would need to have fun. There were other requirements, of course, but if it wasn’t something I absolutely loved [...]
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