Comments on: Dear Diary … http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/12/28/dear-diary/ freelance writing by a freelance writer that works in the freelance writing field Sat, 19 May 2012 09:11:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leah http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/12/28/dear-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-13306 Leah Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:57:36 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-13306 Mark, I personally have found journaling to be very a powerful resource in finding my creating flow. There is no pressure to create a masterpiece and it can be as heavy or lighthearted as you want it to be - nothing has to make sense. This is a selling point for numbskulls like myself. AS to the scattered direction and lack of structure that poses a problem, I encourage you to pick up "Drawing From Life - The Journal As Art" (http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Life-Journal-as-Art/dp/1568984456) for some inspiration into what it could be. Enjoy and thanks for sharing your great writing! Mark,

I personally have found journaling to be very a powerful resource in finding my creating flow. There is no pressure to create a masterpiece and it can be as heavy or lighthearted as you want it to be – nothing has to make sense. This is a selling point for numbskulls like myself. AS to the scattered direction and lack of structure that poses a problem, I encourage you to pick up “Drawing From Life – The Journal As Art” (http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Life-Journal-as-Art/dp/1568984456) for some inspiration into what it could be.

Enjoy and thanks for sharing your great writing!

]]> By: Brett Legree http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/12/28/dear-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-13146 Brett Legree Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:09:39 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-13146 Mark, A variation of the sealed envelope thing, I know someone who took a really bad experience, wrote it down and then buried it out in the bush (near the grizzlies). It worked really well for her, apparently. I think that would work well for me, though my "Viking tendencies" would lead me to burn it instead... Worrying about things accomplishes nothing, and dwelling on what has come and gone does about the same thing - nothing. We can only act on the now (and carefully navigate to a desired future path). Mark,

A variation of the sealed envelope thing, I know someone who took a really bad experience, wrote it down and then buried it out in the bush (near the grizzlies). It worked really well for her, apparently.

I think that would work well for me, though my “Viking tendencies” would lead me to burn it instead…

Worrying about things accomplishes nothing, and dwelling on what has come and gone does about the same thing – nothing. We can only act on the now (and carefully navigate to a desired future path).

]]> By: Mark http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/12/28/dear-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-13137 Mark Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:40:39 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-13137 Davina, that is a GREAT point you make. I heard the advice once that the best thing to do if you're worried about stuff is to write it all down and put it in a sealed envelope. A month later you come back to it and read it all. Chances are that the worst-case scenario has not happened; in fact, nothing bad has happened and all those worries of a month ago seem pretty tame because they have now been replaced with a new set of worries. So you write them all down and put them in a sealed envelope for another month. When you open that envelope you realise the same thing has happened again, i.e. nothing. So you write down your new worries ... After a few months of this you just have to accept that life is full of worries, and most are pointless. The best way to deal with worry is to take action. Worry is just a prolonged state of being in fear. If I was faced with a hungry Grizzly, I wouldn't start to worry and look for my diary, I'd shoot the bloody thing. See, that Kalashnikov came in handy, Brett. George, I have heard wondrous mutterings of this Twitter thing of which you speak. Pray, tell me more. Davina, that is a GREAT point you make. I heard the advice once that the best thing to do if you’re worried about stuff is to write it all down and put it in a sealed envelope. A month later you come back to it and read it all. Chances are that the worst-case scenario has not happened; in fact, nothing bad has happened and all those worries of a month ago seem pretty tame because they have now been replaced with a new set of worries. So you write them all down and put them in a sealed envelope for another month. When you open that envelope you realise the same thing has happened again, i.e. nothing. So you write down your new worries …

After a few months of this you just have to accept that life is full of worries, and most are pointless. The best way to deal with worry is to take action. Worry is just a prolonged state of being in fear. If I was faced with a hungry Grizzly, I wouldn’t start to worry and look for my diary, I’d shoot the bloody thing. See, that Kalashnikov came in handy, Brett.

George, I have heard wondrous mutterings of this Twitter thing of which you speak. Pray, tell me more.

]]> By: Davina http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/12/28/dear-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-13135 Davina Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:48:08 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-13135 Dear Diary. Was it as good for you as it was for me? :) "The danger is that you become so convinced that your writing is helping that you don’t actually take any steps to put things right." Interesting perspective; I can see the truth in that. For me it can be a rude wake-up call, when I read back through what I've written and often, reading the "stuff" makes me realize it wasn't that big of a deal after all. Dear Diary. Was it as good for you as it was for me? :)

“The danger is that you become so convinced that your writing is helping that you don’t actually take any steps to put things right.” Interesting perspective; I can see the truth in that.

For me it can be a rude wake-up call, when I read back through what I’ve written and often, reading the “stuff” makes me realize it wasn’t that big of a deal after all.

]]> By: tumblemoose http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/12/28/dear-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-13134 tumblemoose Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:30:40 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-13134 Mark, When I read the first part of your post I thought, "Hey, isn't that what Twitter is for?" Good stuff here, and a great reminder about paying attention to the kind of writing we do. Cheers George Mark,

When I read the first part of your post I thought, “Hey, isn’t that what Twitter is for?”

Good stuff here, and a great reminder about paying attention to the kind of writing we do.

Cheers

George

]]> By: Brett Legree http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2009/12/28/dear-diary/comment-page-1/#comment-13133 Brett Legree Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:14:34 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-13133 Enjoy your Kalashnikov :) PS - I tend to write my journal in style #1. Enjoy your Kalashnikov :)

PS – I tend to write my journal in style #1.

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