I’m not dead, just busy. We have a board meeting for PBwiki this week and things have been a little hectic.
Things I’m working on for iwillteach:
- A book review of The Millionaire Next Door, one of the best personal-finance books out there.
- A personal-entrepreneurship article on ordinary actions.
- Writing the iwillteachyoutoberich book
On a sidenote, I was up till 5am the other night writing the book, and I started clicking around online and basically trying to avoid work. I was feeling very writerish that night, so I stumbled upon this interview with John Grisham. The interviewer asks something like, “What’s your one secret to writing?” Grisham replies, “Write every day, no matter what.”
Hmm…not a sensationalistic trick, just consistency. Sounds familiar!!
The video (RSS viewers might need to click through to see this):
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Leave a commentExcellent! I was beginning to have withdrawals.
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Consistent writing is the only way to gain that much-needed momentum. Us writers also tend to be brilliant procrastinators.
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I believe Dan Kennedy said the same thing. He would block out a specific time every single day and spend that time writing, whether it was a book, article, newsletter, etc.
Looking forward to the book!
I didn’t realize that you haven’t reviewed “Millionaire…” yet. I would have thought you had done that a long time ago. It was that book that actually got me really thinking about personal finance and the decisions I make everday, which eventually led me to read your blog!
I’m interested to see if you have a unique insight into the book that the other reviews don’t have.
Most professional writers use that trick…writing every day. Novel writers usually even have a minimum 500 words. Doesn’t matter if its good, bad, or otherwise, merely writing is the key.
That was actually a pretty interesting interview, I wasn’t expecting to make it through all 20-someodd minutes.
I’ve heard the same piece of advice about writing – just keep doing it and after awhile it’ll become easier.
One of my favorite columnists compiled some great writing quotes. http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=52&aid=115841
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=52&aid=105980
Re: One secret to writing
I believe that W.Somerset Maugham and also Hemingway used that same idea, write everyday.
It is that same way with any major job, wheather it’s spring cleaning, building a project, reading the Bible, or employment: steadily plugging away at it for a certain amount of time on a daily basis will eventually get the desired results. No procrastination!
as simple as it sounds I think that could be true…”just write everyday no matter what”
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