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Does writing keep you out of shape? It does for me. I wouldn’t say I’m pudgy, but I used to be a pretty good athlete with very little fat on my body. Since I graduated from college, started my marketing career, then moved onto writing, I noticed one big change: I don’t push myself physically [...]
The Star Wars Episode 7 chatter has recently been flooding the internet and this Jedi is way too excited than any 25-year-old man should be for a story about super-powered monks with laser swords and alien dogs who communicate by wailing and throwing tantrums. I’m a nerd. Not your stereotypical short-sleeve, plaid shirt with a [...]
My personal life often conflicts with my writing. My sister asks me to babysit my niece, my mom guilt trips me into tearing out cabinets for lake house renovations and my girlfriend sighs when I say I can’t go to a movie because I’m writing at 8:00pm. What I need is separation. Separation from the [...]
Update: This contest is now closed. The winner will be announced on the morning of April 9th. Are you a writer or would you like to become one? One of the strongest tools in a writers arsenal is the ability to understand story structure, and viewing how successful writers have developed their own stories into [...]
What’s your next blog post going to be? Not sure? That seems to be the story whenever I sit down to write up a new post, and I’m sure I’m not alone. How can you build a post that will provide constructive information and resonate with readers, while remaining true to your own artistic [...]
There is no better idea than the idea of spreading your ideas. What? Ideas make the world run. Ideas bring people together. Ideas give a voice to the voiceless. I’ve made my opinion clear on the benefits of letting your million dollar idea shine, but in what ways can you do this? Is there a [...]
I was proposed an interesting question after my post titled We Are All Children’s Writers, where I encouraged writers to remember the joys of childhood to liven up their writing. But, what if you didn’t have an actual “childhood”? How can a person who wasn’t given a “playtime” as a kid remember the joys of [...]
Yes, we all know the original book is almost always better than the adapted screen version. So what can your writing (and the writing industry) learn from movies? Movies and books are both wonderful storytelling mediums. However, movie productions provide some ideas on breaking past isolation barriers, bringing your story to life and adapting to [...]
Regardless of the industry you are in, it all starts with an idea. As for writers, you might harvest an idea from a recent experience or upcoming trend. When I was in business school everyone seemed to have an idea for the next promising start-up business, however there was a strange belief that keeping those [...]
You might occasionally hear people make the declaration, “I’ve always been a good writer (or athlete or painter or singer), maybe I can just do that for a living.” Have fun with that. I thought the same thing, until I started realizing that I was not, in fact, a born writer. The unfortunate reality is [...]
