Experienced another breakthrough epipany – so I must write.
I’m an Actor
I’ve been acting like a writer lately at work, interviewing people and writing their stories. I guess the reason I’m doing it is because it’s kind of fun for me, even though I’m a total amatuer (although I have been told by some writers that I’m not bad, which is probably why I keep doing it.)
I Have Good Friends
Last week I was talking to a friend of mine who is a writer and I was telling her how I was kind of dabling in her business. Since she is very nice and friendly, she gave me some good advice: read copyblogger.com.
It’s kind of funny because it’s one of those things that have been right under my nose for a long time and I never saw it. It is one of Seth Godin’s recommended blogs, so why didn’t I think it was worthwhile?
Love at First Read
So when I went to copyblogger.com I quickly scanned the blog post titles and immediately fell in love. Then I started looking at the most popular posts and said, “where have you been all my life?” I guess I must really be a wannabe writer if the stuff they talk about on copyblogger gets me so jazzed. (Of course those who know me know that I get jazzed about a lot of things pretty easily.) (Which you might be able to tell from my posts.) (But never mind that, this time it’s for real.)
Here is the Best Advice Ever
So here’s one of the most popular posts on copyblogger: 10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer
Which is why I got motivated again and immediately wrote this post.
No, Actually it’s This One
But then I read this one: The Two Most Important Words in Blogging
And totally blew it in this post. Do you think it was because I didn’t want to or just habit? There, now I can say I used them.
Then Again, Maybe…
I do love writing when I produce something good. But I am pretty slow. It takes me a long time to craft a sentence sometimes. Then later, I remember how hard it was and how long it took, so I wimp out and don’t do it again.
Which is why this post grabbed my attention and gave me some good stuff: How to Write an Article in 20 Minutes.
Advice is Cheap… and Powerful
I could keep going, but you get the point. A friend gave me a little advice, read copyblogger, and that turned out to be the best writing advice ever.
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