Hello all,
I've been thinking about the direction of my blog for a while now and what value I want to give to those who read it. First of all it is of course a blog following my experiences as a new writer and in time hopefully as a professional writer but I have been thinking how best can I get that across without coming across as an egomaniac, or boring, self absorbed and so on. I had a few ideas and decided my favourite is to write my blog as a series of articles each coming back to a certain point. Which hopefully can show my own personal journey but also help other along theirs. I'm also changing the title of my blog Life Writing was only really temporary because I couldn't think of a better title but I am now changing to Resilient Writer, as that is what I am aiming for.
Any way
with out further ado, I plan to write about my journey through
writing via a series of articles, each article will belong to a category
which I will outline below so you can find everything easily. The
articles will be both personal and advice articles from my own tips and
others I find from other wonderful people throughout the community.
Series include:
Back to Basics...
Just
starting out in writing, not been writing very long or you just want to
get back to the reasons you started in the first place, then you want
back to basics. This section is all about the things you need to think
about and do before anything else.
Levelling up...
Got
the basics down, then its time to step it up a gear. Maybe you have
sold your first article/ short story or eBook and want to progress into
the big leagues, then this is the section for you. Featuring better
equipment, tips, how to look through the eyes of a publisher plus much
more.
Resilience/ Rejection...
It's going
to come, you know it is. But how are you going to deal with it (bar
screaming and shouting and sending an angry email to the publisher.)
(Hint: this is a joke don't ever do this!) Tips on how to deal with the
dreaded rejection letter from your very first one, to the day when you
receive 15 of them.
10,000 hours...
They
say it takes 10,000 hours to develop talent and this still doesn't
guarantee success or a nice big fat pay check at the end... yet you are
still writing. This section is dedicated to you, how to push on as well
as challenges we can do together to reach the target.
Purpose and productivity...
What's
your purpose/dream: to get published in your favourite magazine, to win
a local competition, to win the Bridport prize for flash fiction, to
sell 1 million copies of your book? Figure out your biggest dreams here
and then how to find the time to pursue them.
Passion...
This
section is all about drive and how other people keep it, this includes
kick up the backside articles and answering some serious questions about
your writing passion.
101...
This is writing 101, these are some pretty long articles featuring 101 things like inspiration, challenges, quotes and so on.
Competitions...
This section will feature competitions up and coming, free competitions and the big competitions you can enter as well.
Down to business...
These articles will be for the business side of writing, how to deal with the finances, the day to day number counts, how to think like a professional, spreadsheets and the like.
Personal...
There will still be personal articles on the blog, these will mostly report on my progress and goals once a month on the 1st.
If you see this, Claire, you might like to pop over to my blog and collect your winning 'T-shirt'!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to reading these - particularly the 10,000 hour articles as I'm a big believer in that theory. x
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many hours I've spent writing ... I've been doing it twelve years. 10,000 words spread over that time is 16 per week. Reckon I must be close.
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