The authors of some of the most memorable works of nonfiction establish the problem and solution proposed in their works by classifying people into two opposing groups. Most of the time these groups are arbitrary. The people in them, including the reader, do not intentionally identify with a certain group. The author, however, points out…
Archives for February 2018
How To Become an Olympic Athlete
The Olympics were on in the TV in the background. My daughter was working on a painting project in the adjacent room. “Can I play in the Olympics when I get older?” she asked. The answer came pretty easy. Just moments before, one of the winners shared the secret to his success in an interview….
Narrow Your Niche, Narrow Your Competition
I have a goal to publish one work of fiction this year. I have barely written any fiction let alone published anything professionally. So, I’ve spent some time during the last few weeks researching the fiction landscape. As I’m doing the research, it is hard not to get discouraged. There are so many people already…
Vision Setting Exercise: See, Say, and Feel
We all want our projects to succeed, but two problems almost always occur while we are working on them: We don’t actually know what success looks like. While working on a project, we get stuck without a clear idea how to move forward. Whether it is a book, a screenplay, a song, a speech, an…
Why I’m Not Worried about the Flu
We could all get sick tomorrow or the next day. By writing this, I probably jinx myself and the family. I don’t consume the news, or maybe more accurately, I don’t let the news consume me. My wife rolls her eyes every time I talk about the news. I just can’t handle the fear-inducing headlines…
