Scrooge Strategy

The slumbering beast stirs

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:

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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11 comments

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  1. 1
    March 7, 2007

    Excellent! I was beginning to have withdrawals.

    ^_^

  2. 2
    March 7, 2007

    Consistent writing is the only way to gain that much-needed momentum. Us writers also tend to be brilliant procrastinators.

    =^..^=

  3. 3
    March 7, 2007

    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!

  4. 4
    March 7, 2007

    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!

  5. 5
    March 8, 2007

    I’m interested to see if you have a unique insight into the book that the other reviews don’t have.

  6. 6
    March 8, 2007

    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.

  7. 7
    March 8, 2007

    That was actually a pretty interesting interview, I wasn’t expecting to make it through all 20-someodd minutes.

  8. 8
    March 9, 2007

    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

  9. 9
    March 9, 2007

    Re: One secret to writing

    I believe that W.Somerset Maugham and also Hemingway used that same idea, write everyday.

  10. 10
    March 10, 2007

    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!

  11. 11
    March 13, 2007

    as simple as it sounds I think that could be true…”just write everyday no matter what”

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