Yeah, I hope to get there too. Noble goals running my mind tonight. (Via Garry Tan)
Category Archives: check tags
What do you want to do?
This is the first of three articles as described in an earlier post inspired by Dave Gamache. Dave posed three questions: What are three things I want to do? What are three things I want to be? What are three things I want to have? This my response to the first question. Write passionately Writers …
Nailing the Workflow
I’ve played around long enough. It’s time to commit to my writing tools and stick to them. Here’s the list. On my Mac As far as I’m concerned, Scrivener is the winner on Mac. I’ve tried them all and have no more questions. Scrivener is it for me. On my iPad Discovering Writing Kit made …
from Seth's Blog: Talker's block
Michael Schechter (@mschechter) pointed out another great article about writing shared by the always-great Seth Godin titled Talker’s Block. Here’s an excerpt to round out my hat trick of sharing writing about writing. Seth’s Blog: Talker’s block: Writer’s block isn’t hard to cure. Just write poorly. Continue to write poorly, in public, until you can …
Writing In The Margins
Another great meta-post about writing in the same vein as my recent find from Andy Ihnatko. This excerpt is by Michael Schechter: Writing In The Margins: So often we think of writing as this pristine thing. Something precious, something that requires a special place and a special time. This is crap. Writing is getting words …
You are what you read
Some blogs are comprised of audio, photos, or videos, but most of them are still brewed the old-fashioned way, by stringing together a bunch of (hopefully) related words and publishing them to the Internet for everyone to read and discuss. Rinse. Repeat. Rinse again. Seriously, go wash up. People are beginning to talk. My first …
Getting Serious About Lists & Goals
Designer and developer Dave Gamache, recently known for releasing the Skeleton website framework, wrote about setting goals for personal growth. I love to do stuff. So much stuff in fact, I often find myself overwhelmed by my own unorganized ambition, but luckily, I found my fix. I wrote a while back about my brain drain …
iPhone 4S – An Introduction, Not A Review
Apple’s new releases have encouraged a flair for fiscal irresponsibility in me reaching back nearly two decades. My will was strong as the positive reviews of the MacBook Air began flooding the web, but this is probably due to the higher upgrade cost. I need a new laptop like I need a new iPhone. Besides, …
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS WRITERS’ BLOCK
Ithnatko is so good. Writers, read this article. Here’s a piece of it for you. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS WRITERS’ BLOCK. – Andy Ihnatko’s Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA): As a writer, you are never “blocked.” Here, let me say it again, with more markup tags: ***As a writer, you are never “blocked.”*** …
Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot
The most beautiful piece I’ve read about Steve Jobs. Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot: But the thing that struck me were his shoes, those famous gray New Balance 993s. They too were well-worn. But also this: fresh bright green grass stains all over the heels. (Via @gruber)