Comments on: 10 Posts to Help with Getting Started http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/ The art of writing, for non writers Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:00:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: 10 Things to Start, and One Thing to Stop | Confident Writing http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/#comment-21325 10 Things to Start, and One Thing to Stop | Confident Writing Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:59:43 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3238#comment-21325 [...] 10 Posts to Help with Getting Started [...] [...] 10 Posts to Help with Getting Started [...]

]]> By: Joanna http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/#comment-20645 Joanna Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:34:04 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3238#comment-20645 @ Michelle & Elizabeth must be fun to write together - and great for accountability! @ Glenda, hope you find some nuggets there... will probably blog a bit about that next week too @ George, thank you - I do always try and share links that point to quality stuff and thread them together in some way too. Well it is people's time and attention you're playing with, so it makes sense really... @ Michelle & Elizabeth must be fun to write together – and great for accountability!

@ Glenda, hope you find some nuggets there… will probably blog a bit about that next week too

@ George, thank you – I do always try and share links that point to quality stuff and thread them together in some way too. Well it is people’s time and attention you’re playing with, so it makes sense really…

]]> By: Joanna http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/#comment-20644 Joanna Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:27:08 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3238#comment-20644 @ Jen, it's so simple the way Jamie put is, isn't it? Now to apply the rules :-) @ Logan I'd say... just get started anyway and learn as you go. Good luck @ Julie - glad you enjoyed it - from the tweeting it seems to have hit a writing nerve :-) @ Archan, thank you so much for adding in that perspective. I love this line in particular: Peaceful non-doing can also lead to creativity. I agree very much with what you say - in fact that's one of the reasons I'm running writing retreats, to give people the space for non-doing, and also to walk (and eat, and sleep) and let nature work her magic. Might just have to quote you on this in a post later in the month... thank you. @ Janice, oh yes - let us not forget the power of naps :-) @ Jen, it’s so simple the way Jamie put is, isn’t it? Now to apply the rules :-)

@ Logan I’d say… just get started anyway and learn as you go. Good luck

@ Julie – glad you enjoyed it – from the tweeting it seems to have hit a writing nerve :-)

@ Archan, thank you so much for adding in that perspective. I love this line in particular:

Peaceful non-doing can also lead to creativity.

I agree very much with what you say – in fact that’s one of the reasons I’m running writing retreats, to give people the space for non-doing, and also to walk (and eat, and sleep) and let nature work her magic. Might just have to quote you on this in a post later in the month… thank you.

@ Janice, oh yes – let us not forget the power of naps :-)

]]> By: Joanna http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/#comment-20643 Joanna Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:20:40 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3238#comment-20643 @ Bo, it sounds like you're enjoying the writing because you're keeping your inner critic quiet... the time doesn't matter, it's the writing of it that matters, the getting it done, the getting it written, it's letting the words sing and flow. Interesting that you noticed the dragons too... where the most important stuff lies maybe? @ Janice, I was - in Orkney, stunning, just stunning. Waiting to find the time to edit & post the pics. You write so much good stuff that helps us to start but more importantly to *enjoy*... of course I was going to include you @ Cat I'm not sure about that! Sometimes I've felt overloaded... in need of a clear out - but yes, there's always room for more *good* blogs. Hope you found stuff you enjoyed here. @ Bo, it sounds like you’re enjoying the writing because you’re keeping your inner critic quiet… the time doesn’t matter, it’s the writing of it that matters, the getting it done, the getting it written, it’s letting the words sing and flow. Interesting that you noticed the dragons too… where the most important stuff lies maybe?

@ Janice, I was – in Orkney, stunning, just stunning. Waiting to find the time to edit & post the pics. You write so much good stuff that helps us to start but more importantly to *enjoy*… of course I was going to include you

@ Cat I’m not sure about that! Sometimes I’ve felt overloaded… in need of a clear out – but yes, there’s always room for more *good* blogs. Hope you found stuff you enjoyed here.

]]> By: Joanna http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/#comment-20642 Joanna Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:16:39 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3238#comment-20642 @ Carla, I loved that reminder too! Everything else seems to go better when I'm in the writing flow, so it's worth remembering for sure @ Mark, thanks for the good wishes and organising such a useful series on blocks @ Alexendra me too, I've resolved not to set resolutions any more... but there's still an inexorable human impulse to start afresh at this time of year don't you think? @ Suzannah - my pleasure. @ Carla, I loved that reminder too! Everything else seems to go better when I’m in the writing flow, so it’s worth remembering for sure

@ Mark, thanks for the good wishes and organising such a useful series on blocks

@ Alexendra me too, I’ve resolved not to set resolutions any more… but there’s still an inexorable human impulse to start afresh at this time of year don’t you think?

@ Suzannah – my pleasure.

]]> By: Clearing the Way for Fresh Starts « Words and Pictures http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/#comment-20626 Clearing the Way for Fresh Starts « Words and Pictures Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:38:41 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3238#comment-20626 [...] I see the New Year, every Monday and the first of every month as opportunities for fresh starts. This year, though, is extra special for making a start. The whole of January feels like a good time for new starts, inspired by the wonderful Joanna Young at Confident Writing. [...] [...] I see the New Year, every Monday and the first of every month as opportunities for fresh starts. This year, though, is extra special for making a start. The whole of January feels like a good time for new starts, inspired by the wonderful Joanna Young at Confident Writing. [...]

]]> By: George Angus http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/#comment-20570 George Angus Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:47:09 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3238#comment-20570 Neat post, Joanna. I like the format and the info . Sometimes when folks post lists with links, you never really know what you're going to get when you click. Not the case here. Have a great year! George .-= George Angus´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TumblemooseProductions/~3/-6_eYy1phIc/" rel="nofollow">Ebooks VS Paper: It’s Not All Or Nothing, Folks</a> =-. Neat post, Joanna.

I like the format and the info . Sometimes when folks post lists with links, you never really know what you’re going to get when you click. Not the case here.

Have a great year!

George
.-= George Angus´s last blog ..Ebooks VS Paper: It’s Not All Or Nothing, Folks =-.

]]> By: Glenda Watson Hyatt http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/#comment-20565 Glenda Watson Hyatt Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:52:20 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3238#comment-20565 I love the simplicity yet honesty of #10...if you're a writer/author/blogger, then write, damn it! Off to read #8 in search of some nuggets on how to free myself from what's holding me back... Thanks Joanna! .-= Glenda Watson Hyatt´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/how-blogging-increases-my-confidence/" rel="nofollow">How Blogging Increases My Confidence</a> =-. I love the simplicity yet honesty of #10…if you’re a writer/author/blogger, then write, damn it!

Off to read #8 in search of some nuggets on how to free myself from what’s holding me back…

Thanks Joanna!
.-= Glenda Watson Hyatt´s last blog ..How Blogging Increases My Confidence =-.

]]> By: Michelle & Elizabeth http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/#comment-20558 Michelle & Elizabeth Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:42:11 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3238#comment-20558 Liz and I look forward to putting our asses (albeit in different parts of the world) in our chairs and writing. ;) Your site is a lovely discovery. Liz and I look forward to putting our asses (albeit in different parts of the world) in our chairs and writing. ;) Your site is a lovely discovery.

]]> By: Janice Cartier http://confidentwriting.com/2010/01/10-posts-to-help-with-getting-started/#comment-20557 Janice Cartier Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:51:25 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=3238#comment-20557 @Archan-I love your comment. Huge and vital concept IMHO. I call it necessary down time myself. Kind of the yin to the creative yang. Einstein was very adamant about the power of naps too. :) .-= Janice Cartier´s last blog ..Anemones, Nudibranchs, Pink and Flow =-. @Archan-I love your comment. Huge and vital concept IMHO. I call it necessary down time myself. Kind of the yin to the creative yang. Einstein was very adamant about the power of naps too. :)
.-= Janice Cartier´s last blog ..Anemones, Nudibranchs, Pink and Flow =-.

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