The Writers Manifesto Blog

Article query writing for magazines can be one of the most lucrative ways in which writers can pitch their ideas to earn an income. Not only is the pay of magazine article writing well above online rates, the thought of getting published in a glossy magazine certainly makes many hearts beat a little faster.

It’s not that I think magazine writing is the means to all ends. Far from it actually, but for some reasons I have always dappled with the idea of becoming a travel writer. Combining both passions of mine together sounds like the ideal solution to me.

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Creativity blocks always happen at the worst time. I’m sure you experienced the notion of having to deliver on a deadline and suddenly all you do is stare at the computer screen, not knowing what to write next.

I can relate to this a lot. To make matters worse, in those moments we start to do all kinds of unrelated things like:

• Checking our email inbox, just to see whether that new client has replied.
• Making things worse by thinking about our inability to come up with a decent piece, which of course doesn’t help.

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Is there something in this world that lights your fire like nothing else? What is it? I saw this imagine on Flickr last night when I was browsing the selection for another blog post and this blog post title popped into my head.

Fire is essential for survival. Both in the mind and in physical terms. We need fire to warm our bodies on cold winter nights and fire to enliven our minds in order to feel alive.

For some, the fire is related to loved ones, for others it is their vocation. Regardless of where the fire originates, we need it to be wholesome.

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A common thread I keep seeing while traversing the Internet is the struggle many of you face every day to get things done. I think the biggest problem we face in the modern world is the constant barrages of information. We are getting bombarded with junk email, RSS feeds, blogs, news sites, chat messages, comments, new announcements and new cool tools.

All of this makes our life increasingly complicated and whoever said that the Internet and digital will make life easier clearly lied. In fact they made life a lot harder and certainly more cluttered.

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Writing prep rituals can keep our productivity levels at high gear. Best of all, they don’t need to be elaborate to work well either. Small rituals work best, because we can perform them any time to get us into the right writing mood.

The worst situation for a writer is when he can’t feel comfortable with his surrounding. If there are any disturbing factors, it is so easy to make excuses on why we don’t write. I know this too well as I experience this type of situation right now.

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Have you ever wished to be truly remarkable? You know, the type of remarkable that turns heads and gets people’s attention? Remarkable people are those who will be remembered long after they are gone. Think Martin Luther King, think Stephen Covey. Even the living can be outstanding remarkable personalities.

But to be remarkable we have to be different. And those differences start with your actions. Small steps can eventually lead you to become a remarkable person, even if you don’t believe so yourself.

Contrary to what we think, not just the famous people are remarkable. In fact many people walk quietly amongst us doing remarkable things for mankind.

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Phew, what a week this has been for me. I think I could publish a book anytime with the amount of words I typed this past week. Yep, you read correctly. Between all my clients, my blog posts and my clients blogs I typed more than 25,000 words in 7 days.

The reason I’m blogging about this is to show you what is possible when you are insane like me and driven to make up for a previous week of average income.

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While looking up the definition or teacher and master and idea for another post was born. I wanted to define between teaching and ruling the pack. Where the teacher really has no ulterior motives, the master can in some ways be a very powerful leader.

This could result both into a positive and negative outcome. If we look at history and how past leaders have ruled the pack in an entirely wrong way, it is easy to see how quickly things turn sour. Just look at Hittler and how he managed to murder thousands of people in the process of being an overlord on the dark side.

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