I’m sure you know what it is like to have a blank page or canvas in front of you, but you’re unable to capture the great idea you had because you can’t fully remember it.
You need something to stimulate your thoughts or help you remember.
I have a solution that’s been working for me and it may help you, too. Truth is, we tend to make it harder than it needs to be.
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Have you ever read something you wrote or viewed something you created – be it a blog post, a painting, landscaping, or anything that was meant to be creative – then realized it’s more typical than unique?
You followed a proven formula. So your creation should be attracting attention. But it’s not. It’s part of the collective.
It is time to become an individual, to stand out and be noticed.
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Today I am going to share with you the most overlooked way to bring life to your blog writing.
By becoming an outlaw.
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It’s a funny thing, creating something that matters. Sometimes we create something that touches the many, but too often we create stuff that doesn’t seem to appeal to anyone, not even ourselves. (I’m using “we” so I don’t feel so alone.)
I’m a writer. The page is my canvas, but your creativity may have a different canvas.
Whatever canvas you use to create, I bet you want to create something wonderful, even magical – every time. I’ve finally found the answer to creating something wonderful and it’s really the only way that works.
Mona Lisa in the Louvre, Paris- photo by Joan Faith
Sometimes I want to give up. Sometimes I don’t want to write anymore. And sometimes I do give up and stop writing.
Have you been there? Stuck and filled with doubt.
Seth Godin has a great term called The Dip for when you’re in a temporary setback, when you are ready to give up and decide to either quit, or stick. But there’s another dip, which is more about internal self-doubt, which I like to call the pit.
Climbing Out of the Pit
During the two months between the completion and launch of my latest book, A Writer’s Bucket List, I would lie awake at night fretting about the book and all the little steps that go into self-publishing…
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Sometimes you’re sitting there waiting to start creating something interesting, something of value you hope will have an impact on others.
But you can’t. Something is stopping you.
You’ve got the idea and you know exactly what you want to say. You’ve written thousands of pages before, but today is one of those days you are all too familiar with, because you’re stuck.
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Do you ever get the feeling that you are spinning your wheels?
You know you are doing your best, but still, it feels as though you are only going through the motions.
Perhaps what you actually feel is you are not doing what you were meant to do.
The Yellow Brick Road
“Feedback” is a word that strikes dread in creative people the world over. It is our proverbial “Boo!” and it really can scare the crap out of us.
Most of us crave feedback. We want to know our work matters to someone other than ourselves. Don’t we?
And yet, too many of us share our work at the wrong time and with the wrong people. Doing this we tend to bring forth the words we dread the most, such as “You’re work sucks, I hate it – get a day job!”
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You know how it is. You wake up in the morning, make your way to the kitchen, get the coffee started and then finally check your email – not expecting anything too surprising.
Yesterday, when I opened my email I was stunned.
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