TODAY’S QUESTIONS: How do writing prompts affect your creativity? Do they expand it, or do they restrict it? Can they be considered ‘real’ or ‘true’ writing? What is your favourite kind of prompt? MY ANSWERS : How do writing prompts affect your creativity? Do they expand it, or do they restrict it? When I first started blogging, I was skeptical of writing prompts. I thought … Continue reading Writing Prompts-Blogging Insights 3.0 # 3
For today’s installment of Blogging Insights, I am going with the Q and A format. TODAY’S QUESTIONS : Do you write directly on a device? Are you old school, do you write on paper first?Do you re-draft? If so, how many times? MY ANSWERS: Do you write directly on a device? Are you old school, do you write on paper first? When I launched my … Continue reading How do you write? Blogging Insights 3.0 – 2
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” VS “Break the mold.” Which of these do you believe, as pertaining to your blogging? My Thoughts: Today’s topic applies directly to blogging and to this prompt in particular. About a year after I had begun Blogging Insights in its Q&A format, I got a little bored with it. I asked other bloggers what to do. Blogger Rory … Continue reading Blogging Insights 3.0 — 1
TODAY’S QUOTE “A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing. “ MY THOUGHTS I tend to disagree with quotes that I post here more often than I endorse them. But today’s offering is one that I agree with completely. Even though I am not a professional writer, not thinking about writing seems a bit like … Continue reading Blogging Insights NF # 65 — Holidays for writers/bloggers?
TODAY’S QUOTE “The only truly universal writing advice is ‘If it works, it works.’” MY THOUGHTS Before we discuss today’s quote, I would like to address something else. The words ‘only’ or ‘truly’ or ‘universal’ are often used by people by way of emphasis or exaggeration. Also, when I post a quote it is open to criticism; in fact, I have the most fun when … Continue reading Blogging Insights – NF # 64 : Writing Advice
TODAY’S QUOTE ” What I’m really concerned about is reaching one person.” — Jorge Luis Borges MY THOUGHTS Looking at this quote, I asked myself this question, “Who exactly am I writing for?” I think the answer should be, ” Whoever cares to read.” So like the author of Today’s Quote, I am happy for my writing to reach just one person. The ‘reaching out’ … Continue reading Blogging Insights NF # 63 — Reaching out
TODAY’S QUOTE “Here’s the only blogging tip you really need: always follow your intuition.” – Kelly Thoreson MY THOUGHTS Merriam Webster defines intuition as “the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference” A simpler definition says that it is “the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.” Before I launched my blog, … Continue reading Blogging Insights – NF # 62 : Intuition
TODAY’S QUOTE “Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the internet.” MY THOUGHTS Today’s quote reminds me of one of my father’s favourite quotes : ” Genius is 1 % inspiration, and 99 % perspiration.” Maybe today’s quote is an updated version of this older one. Genius or inspiration has been upgraded to 3 %. You can equate ‘staying off … Continue reading Blogging Insights NF # 61 – Distraction
TODAY’S QUOTE ” I think I am about 5 for 500 when it comes to successful ideas versus flops. “ MY THOUGHTS Before I go any further, I would like to elaborate on ‘successful’. Does a successful idea mean one that materialises into something tangible, such as a post? Or is a successful idea one that is a hit with readers or audiences etc? If … Continue reading Blogging Insights NF # 59
TODAY’S QUOTE “Blogs are whatever we make them. Defining ‘Blog’ is a fool’s errand.” — Michael Coniff MY THOUGHTS According to Merriam-Webster, a blog is “a website that contains online personal reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks, videos, and photographs provided by the writer”. In this way a blog is, by definition a piece of content that is whatever a writer makes it. This makes today’s quote … Continue reading Blogging Insights NF # 58
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