In my office, I have a framed quote that constantly reminds me life is not the absence of challenges, disappointments and unexpected twists. Those who succeed don’t avoid those storms, but rather learn to find the good in them. They learn to dance in the rain. As a writer, you’ll be faced with all sorts of storms. What you do with those storms will determine your future more than the storms themselves. So how do you learn to dance? Let’s take a look. Dancing in the Rain in a choice. You have little or no control over most of the storms in life. But you do have complete control over how you react to them. It’s true. I’m writing this on the airplane while traveling to the […]
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Seven Things Every Writer Must Do, Part Three: Remove Roadblocks
I’ve worked helping people maneuver past obstacles for most of my adult life. I’ve heard thousands of stories from men and women whose journeys came to halt because obstacles blocked their path. Over the years I learned many things about these roadblocks that will help you as a writer to remove them from your life. Here are a few of them. Roadblocks are rarely insurmountable. It’s true. Even those precision positioning of police cruisers to stop fleeing crooks. In fact, one reasons cops don’t use roadblocks much anymore is because the bad guy can maneuver past them. The same applies to your writing journey. When a roadblock shows up in the middle of your path, remember there is a way around it, over it, or through it. Remember that […]
Read the RestSeven Things Every Writer Must Do: Part One
Seven Things Every Writer Must Do: Part One You plot and develop the characters that readers will fall in love with. Sit at the computer and type. All of those things are necessary but there are also seven things every writer simply has to do in order to be successful. Over the next seven weeks, I’ll be blogging about those every Saturday. Part One: Dream Without Limits If you spend much time around me, you’ll eventually hear me ask, “What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?” It’s a valid question because I believe most writers put a lid on their potential. They could do so much more but they don’t because their dreams are way too small. For a writer who wants to succeed in […]
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