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Image: DepositPhoto“You sure could kick high!” That comment from my friend Freddie transported me back decades to the summer we first met at a summer music camp in Michigan. I’d forgotten all about my kicking ability (which I have since lost). I showed up at that music camp outclassed by
A recent blog post from someone I admire suggested that writers should approach every project as if it were the most important thing they’ve done. Give it our all, every time. (Here’s the post if you’re interested.) This is inspiring advice. But taken to the extreme, it’s not practical. Inspirational
“Stop looking out the window and work on your task.”Startled, the young boy looked up at the preschool teacher next to me, then returned to sorting the blocks on the tray in front of him.The preschool teacher had spoken gently, but the words landed with a discordant crash on my
Just one more pass through this thing, then I’ll post it. Maybe tomorrow. It’s not good enough yet.If you embrace the “write a messy first draft” mantra (and you should!), then you rely on revision and self-editing to make that draft presentable. Great writing rarely shows up in the first
Annual resolutions and plans have a disconcerting way of dissolving partway through the year.At the start of 2021, I resolved not to write a book in the year. Get the Word Out released in November of 2020, and I intended to spend 2021 promoting and supporting it.Nevertheless, 33 Ways Not