i sucked at writing and to make matters worse…lied for 30 years about writing a book.
How is that even remotely possible?
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i sucked at writing and to make matters worse…
Tag: Writing
Does it even matter?
March 21 as this is written. June 21 as it goes public. Happy Summer Solstice. Here’s to hoping this is your best Summer ever.
Back to today, March 21. In 10 days the sixth year of daily blogging ends and the seventh year begins.
There’s an almost universal misunderstanding about the daily blogging. And after 11,000 blog posts, it long ago became something to accept and not worry about.
And here’s the crazy part – the writing isn’t one daily blog post for nearly every day of the year.
It’s every single day, without exception.
It’s 2,191 days in a row.
Unbelievable, until it’s not.
And it’s five differently-themed posts a day on five differently-themed websites.
Insane? For sure. Does it matter? Only to this person.
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The seventh year begins today, no fooling
(photos: Top: April 1, 2010. Bottom: April 5, 2011.)
Today marks the beginning of the seventh year.
Hard to believe what began on April Fools Day 2009 as a 100-day, self imposed, kick-your-butt writer’s bootcamp has blossomed into something remarkably different.
Honestly didn’t think it would last 100 days.
Maybe it was the sheer magnitude of the impossibility that allowed writing five daily, differently-themed blogs to succeed.
If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reach high enough.
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This may be terminal
(photo: Note the upper right corner time 8:23am… some see a new OS as uncomfortable change. Others see it as exciting change.)
Half-full or half-empty is up to us to say.
There are three types of writing maladies:
- Writer’s block, the most common
- Writer’s flood, very rare
- Writer’s tsunami, exceptionally rare
And what one sees as a disease, another sees as a gift.
The gift of having writer’s flood is anticipated to take on new, uncharted meaning beginning today, because of the impending tsunami.
The official announcement two days ago, the impending promotion, and the new set of rules – this may be terminal.
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The ability to look back, look forward – and enjoy them both
Yesterday came and went in the blink of an eye. Like they all do.
The paradox of writing 100 days ahead?
Seeing the momentous once-in-a-life occasions mixed with the yearly seasonal milestones:
- Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice (again) – June 21.
- Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of beginning a full time Disney Career – September 27.
Digging the ability to look back, look forward – and enjoy them both right here, right now.
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