Archive for the 'Goal setting' Category

I subscribe to a number of newsletters about writing via email. I don’t always get to read every one of them, but I try to at least glance through most of them. Some are better than others, of course. I’ve just read one that comes from a writer who lives here in South Australia. His [...]

A recently over heard conversation went as follows: “I am writing a book. I’ve made a great start: I’ve numbered all the pages.” Consider the following: Countless people say they are going to write a book. Only a few ever begin the actual writing. If you have started writing a book you are in rare [...]

It is certainly true to say that many writers around the world make a good living from their craft. Vastly greater numbers make enough to pay some bills, but must supplement their writing income by having a day job. I was like that until I retired from classroom teaching. It is probably also true to [...]

Today’s quote: “Do, or do not. There is no try.” Yoda in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Fact: Many people would like to write a book. Fact: Few people actually start writing a book. Fact: Very few people actually finish writing a book. Fact: Of those that finish writing a book, very [...]

Today’s quote about writing: “All the things we achieve are things we have first imagined and then made happen.” David Malouf, Australian writer Imagination is a powerful, essential, elemental, almost organic tool of the writer. It is the driving force behind all writers, especially writers of fiction. Without our imagination our stories cannot take shape, [...]