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John Lemke

How to Defeat Writer's Block | Writing Forward - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 11 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Physical ailments:
  • Mental and emotional stress and distractions
  • Lazy days
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  • You’d just rather do anything in the world other than work on your writing project
  • Avoidance and procrastination: Sometimes we go out of our way to avoid a difficult writing challenge.
  • Eat well, exercise, and drink plenty of water. Schedule time for rest and relaxation. Don’t run yourself down.
  • A Few, Final Writing Tips for Combating Writer’s Block
  • if you have two projects going, you can rotate back and forth to maintain your interest in both.
  • Get advice from other writers. Often, they’ll see a solution where you see no way out.
  • John Lemke on 11 Sep 14
     
    While different things work for different writers, I think this is a great look at writer's block.
John Lemke

The Ten Worst Pieces of Writing Advice You Will Ever Hear (and Probably Already Have) | LitReactor - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 12 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Take that advice beyond the beginning stages, though, and what you get are stories that really should move the reader but don’t, either because the emotions are all related from the outside or because the narrative doesn’t provide the sort of dense, information-rich substrata upon which complex characters are built.
  • Which leads me to my second point: Your story is about Gina, at forty, deciding whether or not to leave her boyfriend. Are you really going to spend half your story showing us Gina’s white-trash childhood in Elbridge, Michigan (a key bit of backstory)? Or are you just going to cut to the chase, provide a few key details, and move on?
  • But push this advice too far, and again, you’ll get stuck writing mediocre fiction. Because sometimes the things that don’t work are actually important. They don’t work not because they’re the wrong things, but because they’re the hard, ambitious, at-the-very-edge-of-what-you-even-know-how-to-say-things, and the only way to land them is to dig deeper, work harder, and sometimes even (god help you) add rather than cut.
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  • To keep advancing you have to stretch your limits. And sometimes that means writing from the point of view of someone who is super not you.
  • Language is your Swiss army knife, and you can’t do shit like this with just the knife and the corkscrew.
  • John Lemke on 12 Apr 14
     
    I must admit, I have heard most of these. However, I don't fully agree with all the points.
John Lemke

How To Earn More From Your Writing: The Simple Yet Neglected Secret | Write to Done - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 26 Feb 14
     
    This article lists a number of ways to capitalize on selling the rights to your work.
John Lemke

The New Year's Writing Resolution You Can Actually Keep - Copyblogger - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 30 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Every day in January, write for 20 minutes. By every day, I mean every day. Including weekends. Including the Martin Luther King holiday. Including the days that get crazy.
  • To become a better writer (whether it’s for text, podcast scripts, video scripts, or anything else that needs words to be strung together effectively), you need to write. And the best way to write more is to build the habit of writing every day. Give it a try for 31 days, and let us know how it’s going! And if you’ve ever tried a daily writing practice, we’d love to hear about it in the comments.
  • John Lemke on 30 Dec 13
     
    This is a pretty decent tip.  The reality is simple.  If you don't love to read, you have no business even considering being a writer.  Furthermore and more on the topic of the article, if you are not writing daily, you shall never be a writer.
John Lemke

4 Strategies for Better Time Management (and Bigger Paychecks) as a Freelance Writer - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 17 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • The most successful freelance writers are those who know how to manage their time to get the most quality work done.
  • I am a human who writes, and I need to be fully energized and focused to do my best work.
  • it’s absolutely necessary to track your time to ensure you’re properly compensated for your work.
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  • start with the task I want to work on the least. I’m then more motivated to complete that less-fun task so I can get to the fun stuff faster.
  • John Lemke on 17 Apr 14
     
    Time is money. Use it well!
John Lemke

Why You Should Care About Google+, SEO and Semantic Search - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 03 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Everything Google is doing, from Google+ to semantic search serves its mission “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
  • In order for Google to provide the most relevant search results, it looks beyond the keywords to find context of your query based on your connections and social signals, +1’s, shares, likes etc..
  • Google Authorship ties you to your content no matter where you publish on the web where “rel=authorship” is installed.
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  • Links send signals to Google that people like and trust your content.
  • John Lemke on 03 Feb 14
     
    A brief explanation of how Google+ factors into search in this day and age. Not only worth the read but the sources it cites are as well.
John Lemke

How to write an optimized blog post - exploreB2B - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 10 Apr 14
     
    Some good SEO tips in this article.
John Lemke

How To Become A Prolific Writer While Holding Down A Day Job | Positive Writer - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 03 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • The author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (real name, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), continued to work day jobs throughout his life.
  • Other authors who held down day jobs throughout their writing careers include Bram Stoker, Philip Larkin, T.S. Eliot, and Virginia Woolf, among many others.
  • she wrote the bestselling book Interview With The Vampire while working her day job as an insurance claims examiner.
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  • Anne Rice
  • Having a day job makes it imperative that I allocate time for writing. I insure I write at least 2 hours before I go to work come rain or shine. And I do this by following my rituals every morning without fail.
  • Regardless of what time I work (shift work), I wake up at least 3 hours prior and like clockwork, 1) I brush my teeth, 2) make breakfast, 3) sit down at my desk, 4) check emails, 5) check in on my social connections and finally 5) after stretching my legs for a moment, I write on cue for at least two hours.
  • ake note of the things you do consistently every day before and after work.
  • Create a space of time within your current daily rituals for writing every day. Make sure it’s at a time of day that works best for you.
  • Commit.
  • I highly recommend creating a writing sanctuary for yourself, somewhere you only go to write, and therefore, your mind will associate being there with writing.
  • John Lemke on 03 Jul 14
     
    A good PMA oriented article.
John Lemke

5 Ways to Fake Confidence in Your Article Pitch | The Renegade Writer - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 02 Mar 14
     
    Some good points on how to word things when you sell yourself as a writer.
John Lemke

Color My World | The Word - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 03 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • My trade magazine features can require up to dozen sources, which means many interviews and lots of quotes. Sometime early in my freelance life, I realized I needed a way to keep the sources and their material straight, especially during the cutting and pasting part of the editing process. The solution?  Type the notes from each interview in a different color.
  • The colors facilitate turning an overwhelming mishmash of perspectives, examples and quotes into a coherent article.
  • John Lemke on 03 Sep 14
     
    Some tips on how this author uses colors to keep her work straight.
John Lemke

Writer Unboxed » How to Keep Writing? Break It Down. - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 05 Aug 14
     
    A published author shares their method to daily writing.  
John Lemke

Why Failure IS an Option for Writers | Positive Writer - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 23 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • Stop making failure a negative thing and start writing. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes and start creating. And if you do mess up, do your best to learn from it. Trust me, you’ll be much better off.
  • What if your first book was sold to a publisher quickly, but then each of your next 5 books were turned down? That exact scenario happened to none other than, Danielle Steel, currently the best selling author alive and the fourth bestselling author of all time.
  • John Lemke on 23 Jul 14
     
    Very true for writers but also applies to life in general.  "Nothing beats a failure except a try" is one of my favorite sayings.
John Lemke

5 Ways to Build Long-Lasting Authority - Copyblogger - 0 views

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  • John Lemke on 08 Apr 14
     
    Authority is a big deal these days. It is even part of Google's algorithm. This article offers 5 tips on how to build your authority.
John Lemke

Why Should Freelance Writers Register for Freelance Writing Jobs through the Federal Government? - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 28 Jan 14 - Cached
  • John Lemke on 28 Jan 14
     
    A detailed guide on how to become a writer and/or editor for government work.
John Lemke

How to Become a Writer - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 27 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • John Lemke on 27 Jun 14
     
    A nice collection of pictures and sayings to keep you motivated as a writer.
John Lemke

9 Ways to Promote Your Writing Without Being a Jerk | Positive Writer - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 24 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • I found out the hard way that if you’re not going to self-promote your work, then you might as well not even write it for public consumption.
  • Did you know that Henry Ford created a full-scale motion picture department for the Ford Motor Company and that the department itself rivaled all of Hollywood’s studios at the time (1914)? The first movie produced by Mr. Ford’s movie department (Highland Park) was, “How Henry Ford Makes One Thousand Cars a Day.” Does that sound self-promotional to you?
John Lemke

The Ultimate Guide to Proof-reading and Editing - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 27 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • John Lemke on 27 Jan 14
     
    A great collection of lists on editing and revising.
John Lemke

Is This Insidious Affliction Shrinking Your Freelance Writing Income? - 0 views

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shared by John Lemke on 26 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • But learning how to be a successful freelance writer is a bottomless pit. There’s always more you *could* know that *might* help your freelance writing career.
  • creeping learning addiction that eats up all their time and prevents them from moving forward.
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