Day 5: (Saturday, March 5)

Writivation

No one serves the world by thinking small. Certainly the Lord is a "big" dreamer and schemer -- He created us, didn't he? He has great plans for us. Greater than we've ever imagined.

We need to get on board with his plan for our lives and stop telling ourselves we're not ______ (fill in the blank) enough. Like: smart enough, talented enough, experienced enough, thin enough, creative enough. Or that we don't "have" enough ______ time, energy, money ... etc.

We need to muster up the courage to make the dreams he's given us a reality; not insult him by minimizing his hopes for us. Let's dream big, work hard, love always, and be grateful. Two people can do anything, if one of them is the Lord.
-Janet Clark

Creativity Kick-Starter

COOK OR BAKE

Cooking or working on her bestseller? Why not both?

All creativity is linked and cooking is a creative act, especially when we cook from scratch. The process of cutting, pouring, and mixing components satisfies and boosts the same part of us that writes. And at the end of all that work is a delicious treat made just for us and the people we love.
-PJ Switzer

COOK OR BAKE FROM SCRATtive act, especi

ally when we cook from scratch. The

process of cutting, pouring, and mixing components satisfies

and boosts the same part of us that

writes.

Writing Sprint
It's the Name Game
(Based on just the names given describe the characters and their story)

Winthrop Caldecott 

& 

Rebecca Livingstone

Let's get the mojo going. 

Set your timer for 15 minutes 
and write fast & furious. 
- PJ Switzer

Ready. Set. Go!

Productivity Pointers

DON'T BREAK THE CHAIN

The comedian and TV star, Jerry Seinfeld, developed this super simple motivational idea. All you need is a bright marker and a good sized calendar you can prominently display.  

Isn't that beautiful? Look at all those red Xs.

Now you need to set a goal, i.e. “I will write for 30 minutes every day.” Every time you meet the goal or work towards it you put a giant X through that date on the calendar. Pretty soon you’ll have a chain of Xs. That chain of big, red (pink, blue, green, etc) Xs look so good. You wouldn’t want to break that chain, would you? Then there’d be a gap. So you just have to keep working on your goal. 

You can work on two goals at the same time but too many goals and you increase your risk of breaking the chain. 

It’s deceptively simple and totally effective. I’ve started it and I LOVE IT! 

-PJ Switzer

LINKS TO LOOK AT:

If you're looking for ways to earn your keep as a writer check out the following websites
For freelance jobs, calls for submission and writing contests look at:

http://www.freelancewriting.com

and

http://www.aerogrammestudio.com

Return & Report

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