Posts Tagged ‘tenacity’
Waiting for the Muse: Staying Motivated to Write
Posted by: claireflaire on: October 19, 2010
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I can come up with lots of reasons to not work on my fiction. There are deadlines for articles, baskets of laundry waiting, roasts that need defrosting. The hardest thing is to keep my butt in the chair, putting words on the page, delving into my characters and showing—not telling. I realize this is part [...]
How Do You Spell Success? C-O-M-M-I-T-M-E-N-T
Posted by: twtrifles on: April 14, 2010
- In: writing
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Oh. My. Gosh. I had to look up how to spell commitment. Did it have two m’s or two t’s? Scary that. Anyway, recently a writer friend of mine told me she just wanted to see if she had what it takes to write a publishable novel. Here’s the thing: what it takes it c-o-m-m-i-t-m-e-n-t. [...]
What is Talent?
Posted by: twtrifles on: March 31, 2010
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This morning, my Wednesday walking buddy mentioned she would love to be a painter. Too bad her genes didn’t include talent with a paint brush. I told her most so-called innate talent isn’t. If she wants to pick up a paint brush, she should go for it. Why not? What is talent, anyway? Where does it come from? [...]
Keeping Your Day Job While Keeping Your Creative Sanity
Posted by: Deborah Ayers on: March 21, 2010
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I have to admit, this has been difficult for me lately, especially with the ‘Global Economic Crisis’ in progress. I swear, if I hear that standard excuse for treating employees unfairly and leaving us all feeling like we might be fired at any moment one more time, I’m going to walk out the door. Actually, [...]
Ten Thousand Hours to Genius? Full Speed Ahead!
Posted by: twtrifles on: February 18, 2010
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By Trish Wilkinson Do you ever feel like it is taking you forever to accomplish the goal you set out to meet? In my case, I decided to become a writer about 18 years into my teaching career. I wrote my first novel about eight years ago. When I finished the rough draft, my sister and [...]
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