Mastering Words: Transform Your Writing Weakness into Strength
- Attitude
- Asking for help
- Read
- Resources, resources, resources
- Think outside the monitor
- Write and rewrite
All writers shares a common epiphany on the writing path. I call it Staring Into The Abyss. This experience happens when our writing has strengthened to the point where blissful ignorance rubs away and we begin to realize just how much we don’t know.
It’s a dark moment, a bleak moment. We feel shock. Frustration. Despair. Some stop right there on the path, their writing spirits broken. Others take a micro-step forward, progressing toward the most important stages leading to growth: acceptance and determination.
Once we come to terms with what we don’t know, we can set out to learn. Taking on the attitude of a Learner is what separates an amateur from a PRO.
20 Great Songs Under Two Minutes
- 20. St. Vincent – “The Sequel”
- 19. Guided By Voices – “A Salty Salute”
- 18. Tom Waits – “Bend Down the Branches”
- 17. Outkast – “?”
- 16. Queen – “Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon”
- 15. Radiohead – “I Will”
- 14. Violent Femmes – “Fat”
- 13. The Shins – “The Celibate Life”
- 12. Titus Andronicus – “Titus Andronicus Forever”
- 11. Neutral Milk Hotel – “Communist Daughter”
- 10. The Beatles – “Why Don’t We Do it in the Road
- 9. Elvis Costello – “Welcome to the Working Week”
- 8. The Clash – “Career Opportunities”
- 7. Nirvana – “Tourette’s”
- 6. Minor Threat – “Straight Edge”
- 5. The Smiths – “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want”
- 4. Pixies – “There Goes My Gun”
- 3. Weezer – “You Gave Your Love to Me Softly”
- 2. Ramones – “Judy is a Punk”
- 1. White Stripes – “Fell in Love With a Girl”
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