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The Pathway to Your Writing Dreams

Kent Sanders — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 01:00:16 +0000

As a writer, you long to make a difference in the world. You want to use your creative gifts. You might even want to build a part-time or full-time business with your writing. Those are all exciting goals! We all have big dreams and big goals when it comes to our writing. And that’s a good thing! Why is it, then, that we feel deflated every time we think about building a writing habit? We know that a writing habit is the bridge to all the things we want as a writer. Of course, marketing, relationships, handling your money wisely … all those things and more are vital, but none of it matters if you’re not actually producing the work. The problem is that when we think about writing habits … it’s just not very exciting. We think of a habit as something we have to do, rather than something we get to do, something that leads us to everything else we want. Over the next couple of weeks on our short daily episodes, we’re going to dust the cobwebs off the concept of building a writing habit. Rather than being something that is dry and dusty, a writing habit can absolutely change your life. When you think of a writing habit as an adventure where you are venturing into the unknown to accomplish great things, it takes on a whole new meaning. As creatives, we naturally resist routines. But we have to think of writing as a blue-collar job, just like carpentry, plumbing, an attorney, or anything else that requires regular, sustained labor. We are no different. This means the more we can get into a routine with our writing, the more we will get done. onmlyfans spacey710 Without a habit, you will never get that blog built, you will never finish that book you’ve been thinking about all these years, and you will certainly never build a successful writing business. A great writing habit is the pathway to everything you have dreamed about as a writer.Question: How could a writing habit help you achieve your dreams as a writer?

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Breaking Out of the Ordinary World

Kent Sanders — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 01:00:19 +0000

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In the Hero’s Journey storytelling template, we begin with the main character. He or she exists in what is called the “ordinary world.”

The ordinary world is Luke Skywalker on Tatooine, Dorothy in Kansas, Frodo in the Shire, Michael Corleone before he gets wrapped up in the family business, and a thousand other examples from movies, literature, and comics.

The ordinary world is a place where the hero is comfortable. They are not fulfilled but they feel safe. Then comes a “call to adventure” where some situation suddenly pulls them out of their comfortable existence and calls them on a journey where they will become the hero they are meant to be.

You know about all the opportunities to be an amazing writer. You have skill. You have resources. You have some connections. You have been called to join the adventure.

But will you break out of the ordinary world? Are you going to keep doing the same things over and over and expecting different results? Are you going to embrace your identity as a writer and do the work required to make it happen?

Are you going to break out of your comfortable, ordinary world and join the adventure?

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Journey to the Center of You

Kent Sanders — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 01:00:46 +0000

You’ve probably heard of the Jules Verne novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, which was published in 1864. It was also made into a movie, both in 1959 and 2008.

In each version of the story, a group of scientists and adventurers travel deep into the Earth. They encounter all sorts of unexpected creatures and dangerous situations, sometimes barely escaping the jaws of death.

That is often how we view writing. We look at it as a journey that takes us somewhere else. Most of the time, our normal lives seem pretty boring in comparison to the worlds we can imagine.

But look at it from the opposite viewpoint. You don’t have to take a crazy, dangerous journey somewhere to have a meaningful adventure. All you have to do is take a journey to the center of YOU.

The filmmaker Joss Whedon said, “I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.”

Don’t be afraid to explore the unknown. The unknown regions of your heart and mind are far more exciting and terrifying than any place you could ever go on earth. Then when you write about them, you can take us along for the ride, too.

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