There should only be a few things Photo by Jeff Kingma on Unsplash If you allow it too much to fall into your bucket of things worth fighting for you’re going to get off track from your true calling. It’s easy to end up fighting battles that aren’t yours to fight. For me, there are only three thingsContinue reading “What is Worth Fighting For?”
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Make Way For The Things You Love
Embrace the Pain “Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.” -Fight Club Life is full of pain. I’m not here to sell you sunshine and roses. We are going to suffer. Photo by Geran de Klerk on Unsplash We’ll face times when our entire body aches from head to toe. It might be hard to breathe. ToContinue reading “Make Way For The Things You Love”
I Write For My Family
Photo by Jessica Rockowitz on Unsplash I write for my family. When I first started writing a few years ago, I was an anxious mess. After writing and learning to accept the many different aspects of myself in order to build honest characters, it made it much easier for me to understand those around me. I can listenContinue reading “I Write For My Family”
Use Honesty as a Tool
Use Honesty as a Tool In Your Writing Photo by Nick Moore on Unsplash Being an honest writer is about leading to the truth or at times, allowing yourself to be lead to the truth. Being an honest writer isn’t telling all the dirt about your character right off the bat or at all for that matter. It’sContinue reading “Use Honesty as a Tool”
Dear Writer, Your Ability to Focus on Today is Amazing.
For Writers Editing Their First Draft Photo by Aziz Acharki on Unsplash You stayed focused on today and that is amazing. When you focus too much on tomorrow it takes away from today. If you took your time and slowly carved away at your words, that is true craftsmanship. You can’t rush art. You know what you haveContinue reading “Dear Writer, Your Ability to Focus on Today is Amazing.”
“Strength…”
Strength, where does it come from? Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.– Arnold Schwarzenegger Strength comes from perseverance. It comes from facing the fears we never thought we could handle. Strength comesContinue reading ““Strength…””
Show Some Courage
Show Some Courage Your readers are watching Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash Be brave enough to do in your writing what you do in your imagination. Technique and skill are important but it’s also important to take your readers on the truest adventures inside your head. Be honest about who you are. The conflicting, raw, misfit you.Continue reading “Show Some Courage”
Dear Writers, Keep the Faith
“Faith is a knowledge within…” Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. — Khalil Gibran We are left here alone to create, to edit, to choose the choices our characters decide to take. Someone has to trust in us. Someone has to believe we are going toContinue reading “Dear Writers, Keep the Faith”
The release
Photo by Darius Bashar on Unsplash Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit. Napoleon Hill There’s some people who get a release from writing or maybe even rainy days, but in this post we’re going to talk about the great release from writing. This doesn’t always happen. But when you get that feelingContinue reading “The release”
Give Yourself Some Direction
“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” — Bill Copeland When writers write a book, they have a goal for the characters in mind. Even if it’s not a concrete goal, even if it changes over time, they startContinue reading “Give Yourself Some Direction”