Category Archives: creativity

10K Day: Survival Tips, Productivity Tricks

THOUGH FUN and rewarding, a 10K Day is very looooong. But you can take some simple actions to increase your staying power.
Furthermore, you can increase your productivity by eliminating some things you’d normally take for granted.
Start Your Morning Right
On the morning of your 10K Day, you should dress comfortably and eat a proper breakfast. [...]

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Write There (Part II): Changing Gears as a Writer

WHEN YOU’RE CHANGING as a writer, you might change in big, BIG ways—but certain things about your personal style might need to stay the same.
Currently, I’m in the second category mentioned in Write There (Part I): that of changing both genres and platforms.
For the past nine years, I’ve developed and expressed my style [...]

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Write There (Part III): Style Is Not a Mystery

I HAVEN’T CHECKED lately, but I’m sure there are scads of books out there designed to help you with the technical aspects of style. But we already know that’s not my forte, so here it is from a heart perspective:
Part of your style means doing it the way that feels good to you.
That may [...]

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"Do what makes you happy?" DUH!

In the fond hope I will never again forget such an important lesson, I’ve just dropped what I was working on to write down an earth-shattering moment of self-discovery:
If you want to be a happy writer, do what you love.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Advice we’ve all heard a million times before. It’s among the advice I [...]

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