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Write What You Need To Learn The Most

There's a saying that goes something like, we teach what we need to learn the most. You've probably heard the advice, write what you know. Here's another twist...write what you need to learn the most. Could be an article, a blog post, or a full blown book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The process of researching and penning the words helps to etch new behaviors on your brain and ensures that the information will be in your mind ready to be accessed when needed.

 

One universal affliction that many writers suffer from is overwhelm. There's just too much information flooding in, which prevents you from taking enough action because you're listening to too many people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being a lifelong learner on this subject I included a chapter on overwhelm in my book, 'YES! You're Published'. Here are a few excerpts and 3 exercises to keep you moving forward and upward:

     Two of the best ways to avoid Overwhelm is to clarify exactly what you will and won’t do and whom you will and won’t follow for advice. Look at your life and figure out how you can create more happiness by eliminating as much as possible. I call this stress prioritizing. For this example, writing is at the top of the list. Analyze your daily to-do list and for each item ask, will this further my writing goals? If yes, it stays. If no, can it be removed, delegated to someone else, or at least reduced in time or made easier in some way?

 

     You have to decide what’s most important to you and what you can sacrifice or minimalize. Where do you want to be in one year, five years, and ten years? NOW is the time to pave that path. You can do it without suffering from Overwhelm but you have to be strict, disciplined, and exercise your right to be yourself and say no to what doesn’t make you happy.

You must tame the turbulent flow of information that crosses your path and intersects your thoughts everyday. Here are a few exercises to get you started:

4 Ways To Believe Yourself Back Into The Writing Game

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sitting in the sun under a blue sky, enjoying breezy temps, and the chattering entertainment of my birds fluttering from feeder to feeder, I’m reveling in this rejuvenating season…Spring!

 

A chance to breathe fresh air, bake in the warm sunshine, experience new growth, regroup after being away from the keyboard, and believe yourself back into the writing game.

 

As authors, we live in our minds, planning, plotting, persuading...Though, even with a perfect strategy and the best of intentions, sometimes distractions gradually shove writing out of our daily lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We lust after the life that presents us the road to release our darkest demons, deepest desires, and highest hopes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If taking a forced break from writing makes you miss and appreciate it more than ever then it's time to figure out ways to make it a priority player among your daily tasks.

 

 

 

 

So do not dismay, because if writing is a calling not just a career, it will find its way back into your life.

 

Have challenges led you astray and caused you to drift off course from your goals? Here are 4 ways to help snap you back on track so you can believe yourself back into the writing game!

 

 

 

This Exercise Helps Writers Focus on Individuality Rather Than Competition And Comparison

The writer's Individuality is at the heart and soul of each masterpiece. If you read 12 authors in the same genre, each selection would feel different because of the creator's distinctive style. Do you find that your characters possess little bits of you in them? The appearances, idiosyncrasies, the situations they inevitably land in, and how they resolve these dilemmas all reflect the writer's unique flair.

 

Explore your past experiences, challenges, mistakes, and triumphs when brainstorming your next project. Each one of us has a different road map to work from. What original twist can you develop a plot around? Have you met any colorful people in your life that could play a role in your next saga? Observe those who cross your path from now on, and take notes. I tell people (half jokingly) watch out, you might end up starring in my next book!

 

What is the signature approach that makes your favorite authors stand out?

3 Habits And 2 Companion Actions To Sway Writing Success In Your Favor

What could you accomplish in 30 days with your writing if you replaced 3 un-resourceful behaviors with positive habits?

 

A habit is a recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition. Your mind is a computer that you can command to record and repeat negative actions or, you can sway writing success in your favor by deleting the unproductive deeds and imprinting a better pattern.

 

Here are 3 Positive Habits To Sway Writing success In Your Favor

Cultivating This Raw Characteristic Keeps You Writing In Tough And Terrific Times

Grit helps you access your creativity even when its hibernating in the crevices of your right brain. Grit isn't a born trait. It's a raw characteristic that you have control over cultivating.

 

Grit is what keeps your butt stuck in the chair, fingers glued to the keyboard or clutching a pen scrawling away on paper.

 

Grit keeps you writing daily even on those days when your cranial computer is creeping along or conks out and needs a restart.

 

Grit is what propels you to write one more sentence and expand it into one more paragraph so you'll be one more page closer to your daily goal.

 

Grit pulls you from the depths of, how am I ever going to complete this book, into being scrappy enough to sort through the scramble of ideas, notes, character profiles, plot points, setting descriptions, and dialogue, so you can develop it all into a sizzling saga or motivational non-fiction manuscript.

 

Grit keeps you surging forward forging new trails and repaving old or worn ones.

 

Grit helps keep your mind focused, your manuscripts fresh, your plots intriguing, and your characters compelling.

 

Grit means you're pulling on the gloves and fighting through rounds of brainstorming, crafting the tale, edits, rewrites, cover design, publishing, and marketing. And then getting excited enough to dive in and do it all again and again!