1. Focus on whether or not you'll ever get published
2. Instead of focusing on making the best book you can
3. Talk to family and friends about your writing and get disappointed by their reactions
4. Stick with what you know.
5. Don't set up a routine
6. Only write when you feel like it.
7. Think that you need inspiration.
8. Don't bother unless you're guarantied success.
9. Focus on details like fonts and page margins and setting up folders.
10. Don't spend any more time on your art than is absolutely necessary.
11. Remember, you can always write tomorrow instead of today.
12. Use "writers block" as an excuse.
13. Compare yourself to others.
14. Get discouraged because you aren't a big success yet.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
what makes something difficult?
Jetzt habe ich zwei Projects. Ich lerne Deutsche und ich schreibe meinen zuerst Roman. Es heisst die Beide sind schwer. Ich frage mich, was bedeutet das Wort schwer?
what makes something difficult?
1. You aren't sure how to do it. If your doing something that hasn't been done before (i.e. your being creative), then you're in this situation. In fact, there will often be some uncertainty about how to do something, unless yours learning a basic skill in a disciplined environment. Like the firing range at boot camp. No getting creative there, one hopes. Creating a project outline or chart that plots out what needs to be done can help here.
2. Effort and time are not guarantees of success. I didn't call college (B.S. Math) or law school hard. Pain in the neck, maybe, but not hard. That's because I knew that if I put in the time and effort (and money) and followed direction, success was assured. not so with writing a book. Or is it? Well, here's an interesting epiphany. Nothing will guarantee that a major publisher will take it, of course. That decision is made by other people, not me. However, if I put in the time and effort I am guaranteed to create a books can be proud of. Awesome, I think I just made that Project a little less hard.
3. A habit is not yet established. Nothing gets things done better and easier than establishing a habit. Habits get people through a lifetime of employment. Heaven knows if we had to make a decision about whether and when to go to work each morning, we'd never go in. Like the guru on the mountaintop said, the secret to learning to meditate (or doing anything else) is Root-een. That is. routine.
what makes something difficult?
1. You aren't sure how to do it. If your doing something that hasn't been done before (i.e. your being creative), then you're in this situation. In fact, there will often be some uncertainty about how to do something, unless yours learning a basic skill in a disciplined environment. Like the firing range at boot camp. No getting creative there, one hopes. Creating a project outline or chart that plots out what needs to be done can help here.
2. Effort and time are not guarantees of success. I didn't call college (B.S. Math) or law school hard. Pain in the neck, maybe, but not hard. That's because I knew that if I put in the time and effort (and money) and followed direction, success was assured. not so with writing a book. Or is it? Well, here's an interesting epiphany. Nothing will guarantee that a major publisher will take it, of course. That decision is made by other people, not me. However, if I put in the time and effort I am guaranteed to create a books can be proud of. Awesome, I think I just made that Project a little less hard.
3. A habit is not yet established. Nothing gets things done better and easier than establishing a habit. Habits get people through a lifetime of employment. Heaven knows if we had to make a decision about whether and when to go to work each morning, we'd never go in. Like the guru on the mountaintop said, the secret to learning to meditate (or doing anything else) is Root-een. That is. routine.
5 easy pieces to piecing together your purpose in life | Lyved
Very cool article. 5 easy pieces to piecing together your purpose in life Lyved
Some ideas on the purpose of life: 1. Live the way you want (be free) 2. Be happy (have fun and don't be sad) 3. Help other (use your talent to uplift and entertain and make people a little less lonely) 4) Leave the could a better place than how you found it. (Don't be a jerk and do something useful for a living).
That was a sort-of summary of the page with my interpretation in parenthesis.
My addition: Develop your brain and body as much as possible.
Some ideas on the purpose of life: 1. Live the way you want (be free) 2. Be happy (have fun and don't be sad) 3. Help other (use your talent to uplift and entertain and make people a little less lonely) 4) Leave the could a better place than how you found it. (Don't be a jerk and do something useful for a living).
That was a sort-of summary of the page with my interpretation in parenthesis.
My addition: Develop your brain and body as much as possible.
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