So I sat down today to write a stellar post about something or other… (It will be stellar, when it gets finished!) The problem is that I got so distracted today by a bunch of tweets with links to compelling articles about writing. So rather than actually writing what I had been thinking about, I spent half the day reading what other people said about writing. And they had some good stuff to say. For example:
Chris Brogan wrote about “The Writing Practice“: I’m writing this to you while I’m waiting for someone to get some webinar software rebooted. I find time like this everywhere.
Copyblogger had a post, “How to Blog Like Shakespeare“: I want to be clear that writing for each of your audiences is not the same thing as trying to write for everybody. Writing for your different audiences isn’t the same thing as writing for Wikipedia.
And again, on Copyblogger, “37 Seconds to Great Storytelling“: We tell you about the power of stories quite a bit. And now we’re able to see what happens in our brains when we encounter a compelling story. But how do you learn to tell these types of stories? Often, just by studying great ones.
So, I have been stretched, encouraged, and challenged by these posts today. And, at the very least, I got this blog post written. Hopefully their words will encourage you as well. I know I have some writing to do…
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right on, friend!
great quotes.
good luck.
i think of your family often.
That happens to me too!! (well, not writing of a great post, but getting distracted by CopyBlogger.com) I could be on that site all day long!