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1: Storytelling that Ruins Relationships: What Stories Are You Telling About Other People?
I love stories. I love reading them, listening to them, talking about them and creating them. But, for a long time, I used to use the stories I told about OTHER people to make me feel better. Crazy hu..
2: Stories Keep People Stuck: How Heavy is Your Load?
Here's an old Zen story one of my teachers shared with me. One day there were 2 monks traveling from their home to a temple. They were walking down a really muddy road and there was a heavy rain fall..
3: Four Critical Elements For Writing Like A Professional
Write Like A Professional By Following These Four Rules
I. Plot - No matter the definition, a plot is essentially the storyline, or sequences of events that makes up a story. All plots should include ..
4: The Journey Has Value Too
I was on a call with Jack Canfield recently where Alex Mandossian was interviewing him to promote Jack's book, "The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be." There wa..
5: Carrot, Egg, or Coffee?
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and str..
6: A Common Mistake To Avoid When Submitting A Manuscript Is To Beware The Rogue Agent
Many aspiring authors rush into the process of finding an agent and overlook a common pitfall – the rogue agent. Agents work hard for their money – or at least good ones do. Bad ones find easier w..
7: The Solution To Coming Up With A Unique Plot Is To Understand What That Actually Means
At the risk of spoiling the joke, I’ll start with the punch line – there is no such thing as a unique plot.There, that’s got it out in the open.Too many writers never put pen to paper because th..
8: Six Point Of View Mistakes To Avoid When Writing Your Novel
Writing offers an opportunity to do something that filmmakers and artists can’t. You can allow your reader to get into the head of your characters.Unlike TV, where you are a casual observer, writin..
9: One Problem That New Writers Face, Is Knowing Which Book To Write
Many writers will tell you that they are great at research. They can spend up to six months prior to putting pen to paper – yet few actually bother to study the market they’re writing for.Now itâ€..
10: One Solution To Writing Better Dialogue Is To Focus On What’s Not Said
Depending on which expert you believe, up to 95% of communication is non-verbal.So if just five per cent represents the words, why do so many writers rely on this single aspect to convey what their ch..
11: One Tip To Help You Come Up With Ideas For Novels Is To Widen Your Horizons
When you’re considering writing a new story, just where do you get your ideas from? I have met many published authors and read interviews with countless more. Most of them confirm that this is the q..
12: How To Create Believable Characters In Your Novel
Actors - don’t you just love ‘em? Well you should, as you can learn a lot as a writer from the people who are always asking, ‘What’s my motivation?’Method actors will research the role theyâ..
13: A Solution To The Problem Of Writing For Children
Many aspiring writers decide the way to start their career is to write for children. And they tend to have two very good reasons for deciding this:1. The woman that wrote the stories about the boy wiz..
14: Story Writing Quiz for Children - Does Your Home School Student Use These Professional Techniques?
Here are the seven advanced techniques authors use to make a story powerful. Share this quick quiz to see which skills your kids use and to see what a difference practising writing in small 'chunks' c..
15: Is Your Home School or Gifted Writer Missing These Professional Story Structure Skills?
If you got a dollar for every time you told your kids to plan their writing, you'd be living on a tropical island now, right? The only trouble is, it's hard to show children HOW to plan.We've all seen..
16: Writing Skills for Children - Better Story Starters
'You're too early.' This is probably not a phrase we use much with our kids. Wouldn't we love it if they started studying for exams, packing for trips and planning Christmas presents early?However, wh..
17: Story Writing with Children - Ban Boring Stories
An alien, reading the stories of our primary school kids would be very puzzled. Did the human parents starve their offspring - all the small human children ever seemed to write about was food? Obvious..
18: Story Writing with your Child - How to Speed Up Learning Using Chunking
Writing a story is hard work, even for authors. There are characters to create, dialogue to deliver, plots to plan, tension scenes to capture, endings to invent and starts that have to sizzle so much ..
19: Children's Writing - Should I Correct My Child's Spelling?
Should I correct my child's spelling? That's one of the most common questions I get asked.My answer: No.Well this is going to be the shortest column in the world!Perhaps I should explain. When a story..
20: Share Your Growth Vision by Telling Your Story Better
You want to grow to being a much larger organization. That means adding a lot more customers and beneficiaries. As hard as it is to figure out how to achieve that kind of goal, it's even harder to e..
21: Failure: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
What causes failure? What is the solution? For years, I asked myself these questions; because I mostly failed. My failure pattern started in childhood. Riding the school bus, students teased and beat ..
22: Responding to Your Thinking
What You Think: What you think influences what you see. What you think influences what you do. What you think greatly affects your experience. What you think determines what you learn. What you th..
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