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Taking Longer Is Not the Same Thing as Taking Care (opens the original)
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I’m very excited about what’s coming up with the new workshop that has been moved from September, the Write Better. Faster. workshop, and the cohort, From Dream to Draft to Done.<img alt=
A Vengeful Groundhog with a Knife (opens the original)
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Recently I was coaching someone and told them that one of the reasons I felt like they were having trouble making creative decisions had to do with the fact that they were writing for an unspecified audience.And when they asked what that meant I realized maybe this would be a useful clarification for more folks than just my client. What I am actually talking about when I say that is this: figure out a single human being that you are writing for.One person.Not “people.” There are billions of them
What to Learn from 3D Printed Cowboy Boot Spurs (opens the original)
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The Amazon product description for 3D-printed cowboy boot spurs you attach to Crocs is around 180 words long. (WHY, Paul, why oh would that be important?!)Because 200 words a day for 300 days is 60,000 words... and I know that because of my calculator…and 60,000 words? That is the length of a short novel.Now, please don’t get all mad - I am NOT saying, “HEY you can write a novel in ten minutes a day!”Please do not email me angrily. Email me for some other reason, I’d love to hear from ya:What’s
Waiving the White Flag Victoriously (opens the original)
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There is a very specific kind of stupid that comes when I write a date down.It goes on the Google Calendar and suddenly September 8th isn’t a date anymore... it’s like it’s a blood oath or something.A few months ago, I scheduled a workshop and a four-week cohort for September. I built the pages… pre-wrote the emails.And then the launch went… well… badly.Nobody was injured. The building did not collapse. “There were no horses loose in the lobby” (I heard someone say this when I was in Amarillo so
You Call That a First Draft??! (opens the original)
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I’ve been thinking a lot about first drafts lately because on September 8 I’m teaching a live workshop called WRITE BETTER. FASTER.& a small group writing cohort called FROM DREAM TO DRAFT TO DONE.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1Awa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s
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