For Writers: You and Your Shitty Draft

Talk about it, sure: endless discussions, as well there should be, about the why of the story, the who is in it and where they go and what it means and whether the projected movie might be a viable commercial commodity.  But as to actually beginning to write the draft and continuing to press on, with diligence, toward completion? Try keeping cats on skateboards.

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Office Yoga

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Write What You Don’t Know ~ Steven Pressfield

When we write what we don’t know, we launch ourselves into terra incognita. That’s where the good stuff is.

Well, yes! Terra incognita: that's the territory of the imagination, where fresh new ideas are formed by the mating of "what if" and story, is it not?

Writing only what you know - as the time-honoured advice to new writers would have it - leads inexorably to a career in journalism. And I don't know about you, but that's not a rabbit hole I want to go down.

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Old Spice has Questions...

And the answer to all of those questions would be, uh...
Heeeey, that wasn't a swan dive!

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How to Do Anything (Better)

I cannot think of one problem that can’t be solved by this solution:

“Work more hours than the average factory worker.”

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On Books

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Seth Godin's latest big little idea

Organizing the unorganized

There may be no bigger opportunity online for bootstrappers than finding people who would benefit from being connected and then connecting them.

Not so they can waste time sending digital love notes back and forth, but so they (and you) can create value for others.

Build a network of researchers and generate information useful to others.

Build a network of leaders and represent them to advertisers, marketers or recruiters.

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Dogs Clicker School

Clicker Training

Positive training for puppies and dogs of all ages
in the greater Fredericton area

Clicker training (operant conditioning) is a science-based method of positive training that:

  • Helps dogs and their owners to bond and build a great relationship
  • Teaches dog owners to train their dogs for the activities of everyday family life
  • Focuses on each dog's potential for learning, regardless of breed or background
  • Is a safe method of training for the dog and the owner
  • ... and it's fun!

Group classes are held at the Pye Canine Academy in Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick. Private lessons and behaviour consultations are also available by appointment.

 

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