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Facing the stairs

by Bill on July 3, 2010

This post doesn’t have any tips or suggestions that will help you to solve problems or engage your creative side. It’s really just an observation. It’s about something everyone will inevitably encounter in their life: the daunting stairs you’ll have to climb to get to where you want to go – and what happens once [...]

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The real road trip

by Bill on June 14, 2010

An interesting post led to an even more interesting discussion. On Thoughtwrestling, Rebecca posted “Zen and the Road Trip Book,” her take on Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZMM), a book from 1974 that has lingered for many over the years. It’s a road trip book that isn’t about a road [...]

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Mark Twain explains stories and social media

by Bill on June 3, 2010

I decided to write a post titled, “How to write a story.” However, a quick Google search showed that Mark Twain had beaten me to it. How wonderful is that? He has a piece titled, “How to tell a story” (see note at bottom). In a nutshell: don’t over-tell. In terms of story and business, [...]

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Publish and flourish: cause and effect

by Bill on May 25, 2010

The final lesson I take from the story of Scheherazade’s telling of The One Thousand and One Nights is that you can change the dictum “publish or perish” to “publish and flourish.” As John Barth points out in Getting Oriented, the relationship that develops between Scheherazade and the king Shahryar is productive in more ways [...]

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Looking ahead

by Bill on May 23, 2010

Last week was less active here at Writelife because I was busy with, work that pays the bills lovely weather requiring me to do outdoor work Every so often, this happens! I haven’t been inactive, however. I actually got quite a bit of writing done for others and have several posts in the “half-finished” stage. [...]

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What trees have to say about goals

by Bill on April 18, 2010

I noticed something this morning that should be pretty obvious to everyone: trees are always reaching skyward. Anyone that has ever looked at a tree has seen this. Regardless of the size of the tree, the branches are always raised upwards. I want to say in supplication but while the image would be correct the [...]

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Our reporter is on the ground

by Bill on March 30, 2010

Expressions are so confusing. Currently, when stories break in places like Haiti, Chile, Afghanistan and others, reporters that go to cover the stories tell us what is happening. When they get to the locations and begin filing their reports, I always hear, “Our reporter is on the ground …” Do they have options? Could they, [...]

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