Nothing to write about? I don’t think soooooo….

One of my favorite pages from Austin Kleon‘s book Show Your Work ** encourages creators to become ‘documentarians of what you do’.

Whether you share it or not, documenting and recording your process as you go along has its own rewards: You’ll start to see the work you’re doing more clearly and feel like you’re making progress. And when you’re ready to share, you’ll have a surplus of material to choose from.

  1. Research
  2. Reference
  3. Drawings
  4. Plans
  5. Sketches
  6. Interviews
  7. Audio
  8. Photos
  9. Video
  10. Pinboards
  11. Journals
  12. Drafts
  13. Prototypes
  14. Demos
  15. Diagrams
  16. Notes
  17. Inspiration
  18. Scrapbooks
  19. Stories
  20. Collections

**Not an affiliate link. ;-]

Writers Horoscope for October 17: Linguistic annoyances continue to vex.

Their so right. You're grammar is well. Your going places, irregardless of this here sircumstands

How to cope?

Find solace from Nancy Graham Holm that you are not alone.

How else to cope?

 

Bury your head in the sand

Sander van der Wel via Wikimedia Commons  https://www.flickr.com/photos/jar0d/6066734168/

Writers Horoscope for October 16: Today, endure the fickleness of your livelihood.

Livelihood? How about ‘annoying hobby’?

gratisography frustration writer post-it notes

Either way, it was 3:00 AM** and you tossed and turned and tossed again.

Your spouse stumbled out to the peace and quiet of the living room couch.
The border collie followed soon after.

And you were left to brood.

Shouldn’t the plural of ‘low-life’ be ‘low-lives’?

And Snow White’s annoying posse–shouldn’t they be the Seven Dwarves?

Let the brooding continue…and here you had just come to terms with your own flawfulness.


 

image courtesy of gratisography.comgratisography.com

**Why is it always 3:00 AM?

Writers Horoscope for October 15: Accept your ‘flawfulness’ today.

Whether it’s a new chapter written in a rush of enthusiasm, a new blog post written with one eye on the football game, or a quick bulletin board announcement…

welcome art edicators

a second look never hurts.

Writers Horoscope for October 14: Today, surround yourself with what could be…

or should be.

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Yep, nothing like a little on-site inspiration.

Your audience awaits.

Writers Horoscope for October 13: Today, ponder ‘sonder’.

Yes, the word is ‘sonder’.

From the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows:    n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. To help you visualize, short video here.

girl with rose crown

Let it feed today’s writing.

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Note: Thanks to Seth Godin for introducing the Writers Horoscope to this concept.