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Leonardo da Vinci's creative process
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The importance of curiosity and observation
Stop Checking Email
Many use email as a to-do list, which leaves them reacting to life instead of living it according to goals.
It’s difficult to write when you’re checking email every five minutes. Don’t check emails during your daily writing time.
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Write For Just Fifteen Minutes
Professional writers rarely write for more than five or so hours a day because writing is mentally exhausting. This means you can get a lot done in a short amount of time.
You might not have five hours to write, but almost everyone has fifteen minutes. To keep yourself focused as ...
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Lower Your Expectations (For Now)
It takes practice, time and some luck, to write a great story. Settle for a non-perfect story for now.
When you sit down to write your first story, it might not be very good. But later, you’ll edit and rewrite it to make it better.
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Make It Social
- Befriend other writers. Online forums, writing classes and local critique groups are good starting places.
- Share your writing, whether it is by sending it to a friend, posting on your blog, or self-publishing.
- Go to a writing conference to learn more abou...
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Celebrate Progress
Many writers don’t celebrate when they succeed because they get too eager to pursue their next goal.
To cement writing as a habit in your life, reward yourself each time you do it, celebrating the fact you are making progress, the fact that you are creating, celebrate that you are...
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Writing And Priorities
If you feel too overwhelmed for writing, list your goals in order of importance. Maybe writing is not your top goal and you are wasting energy thinking you should do it because you haven’t realized it.
If writing is near the top of your list, you need to decide what else can be le...
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- Check it at 11am and 4pm to make sure it isn’t the first thing you do (and get sucked into) and also so you have a clear inbox by the end of your day.
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