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copyblogger - Getting Writing Done: How to Stop Thinking About It and Write

by Seymour Wordsworth

get-writing-do-it.jpgJane Northcote has a good, blunt writeup at Copyblogger telling you to “Do it” if you are trying to get some piece of work written. My favorite is #5: Tell a large number of people you’ll do it. Trap yourself. If you’ve made a commitment to a lot of people then the shame of saying you didn’t try will outweigh the effort of doing it.

Now go read it and then get writing: Getting Writing Done: How to Stop Thinking About It and Write

March 20, 2008   No Comments

Brad’s Reader: What Can John Lennon Teach Us About Creativity

by Seymour Wordsworth

Brad’s Reader has a good post on creativity: What Can John Lennon Teach Us About Creativity. He talks about John Lennon’s struggle to write a song and how he come up with Nowhere Man.

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My takeaway is this:

  • Do exercises to brainstorm and “just write” or whatever. They’re good. Gems can come out of this sort of thing.
  • But sometimes you’ve got to stop and let your subconscious do your work for you. Rest or do a mundane task that needs to be done like the dishes or mowing the lawn. That’s when the great ideas often come.
  • But then, it’s time to get to real work and make the idea a reality! Work it! Work it! Work it!

So, check out: What Can John Lennon Teach Us About Creativity

February 24, 2008   No Comments

Free Book “The Lonely Writer” and Other Creativity Resources Posted at Copyblogger

by Seymour Wordsworth

copyblogger-three-free-resources.jpgCopyblogger has posted three nice free resources today: Three Great Resources That
Won’t Cost You a Dime

Of particular note is the book “The Lonely Writer”, which helps writers get un-stuck, maintain focus and get the words out and down on paper. Download “The Lonely Writer” Directly Here.

Enjoy.


Creative Commons License photo credit: badjonni

February 23, 2008   No Comments

Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance

by Seymour Wordsworth

Joseph M. Marshall

Thoughts/Words/Reviews:

Grandfather says this: “In life there is sadness as well as joy, losing as well as winning, falling as well as standing, hunger as well as plenty, bad as well as good. I do not say this to make you despair, but to teach you…that life is a journey sometimes walked in light and sometimes in shadow.”
Grandfather says this: “Keep going.”
These thought-provoking lessons, passed down by the author’s own Lakota grandfather, will inspire the hundreds of thousands who already know his work—and will tap into the market that has embraced such books as Oriah Mountain Dreamer’s The Invitation.
When a young man’s father dies, he turns to his sagacious grandfather for comfort. Together they sit underneath the family’s cottonwood tree, and the grandfather shares his perspective on life, the perseverance it requires, and the pleasure and pain of the journey. Filled with dialogue, stories, and recollections, each section focuses on a portion of the prose poem “Keep Going” and provides commentary on the text.
Readers will draw comfort, knowledge, and strength from the Grandfather’s wise words—just as Marshall himself did.

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January 14, 2008   Comments Off