I find myself reading the Day 7 post in the Great Writers Series and thinking “Oh, I got this.†The habit of Day 7 is to start. In creating something, it doesn’t just magically come out all pretty and perfect. The “it†you’re creating has to start somewhere, and that…
I “stole” this idea from Derek Halpern of SocialTriggers.com. Yesterday was my Day 6 in Jeff Goins’ Great Writers Series and the challenge was to steal something. Great artists ‘steal’ ideas from others, meaning they get inspiration from the ideas of others. Well, I finally had a chance to watch the…
Today I read a couple of things that have been stirring in my brain. The first seems directly related to what Jeff talks about for Day 6 of the Great Writers Series – Steal. He talks about how writers shouldn’t be scared to borrow ideas – to ‘steal’ something to…
I’m intentionally taking a day off from Jeff Goins’ 15 Habits of Great Writers Series today. My baby boy is 5 today!!! And he’s already been into the fruit punch this morning (note the mustache)! Anyway, we’ve got a fun-filled day planned, continuing with VBS tonight. So, I’ll pick up…
On this day in the Series, Jeff talks about the difference between preparation and procrastination. The difference is action. Oh my goodness, it’s like he’s in my head! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been thinking about working on something, but not actually working on it, telling myself…
I’ve been posting a day behind. Just saying that in my head is confusing, even more so by written word. See when I first decided to start the 15 Habits of Great Writers series, I did the first couple of days together. But, because I don’t typically post more than…
Great writers take initiative. They initiate. They start. Jeff says that even if you’ve been writing, it’s time to start again. I don’t think he means “start over†as though nothing you’ve done up until now matters. I think he just means make a new start to get motivated. Often,…
Jeff says that great writers believe in themselves and so should I. And he also acknowledges that that is often easier said than done. I have to believe that I am meant for more than ‘this.’ At the risk of sounding egotistical, I’ve always sort of thought that. Or hoped…
I am a writer. I am a writer. I am a writer. Now if I close my eyes and click my heels while I chant that three times, there still will be no words on the paper. The words will get on the paper when I put them there, because…
I recently started subscribing to goinswriter.com. Jeff Goins is writer who started a blog in 2010 to help other writers. I’m really enjoying the way he approaches writing. He’s been doing this series called the 15 Habits of Great Writers – each day for 15 days, he highlights a habit:…
Call me a nerd, but I love it. I love to read fanfiction, and, on occasion, I write it. So, what the heck is fanfiction? Just what it sounds like: it’s fans borrowing characters from TV shows, movies, and books, and playing with them for a little while. The characters’…
So last week, I was all “to-do lists be damned”and was bound and determined to not to anything I didn’t want to do. This week, there’s been a fundamental shift in the universe and I’ve been all about marking things off that damned to-do list. I’ve been deadset on getting…