Ahhh, mastering writing, well I’ll leave the true writers to answer that. I have to tell you though, over the last few weeks I’ve written a couple of posts that were really well received. They were the hardest posts to write. On each of those mornings I was a little emotionally raw and just flew with what was coming up inside of me. At the time I thought each of those posts were really not all that good, but the audience told me different. The moral of my story is simple; real, raw and relevant is the way to go!

To master writing one must note that, as Ernest Hemingway said ” there are no great writers, only great editors”. As Roy H. Williams said “Anything worth doing, is worth doing poorly”. First do the thing, and write, Mastery will come…

With all due respect to Allen Iverson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI) I would say deliberate practice. The more we do something, the more natural it becomes.

great blog Kyle, I am going to forward this one to a friend, she said this morning that she didn’t have a book in her,

would have nothing to write about,

I am hoping that she wins my contest and gets on the call, and then see what her comment is about not having a book in her,

Thanks Chantal – sure if she’s really interested in writing a book, that this blog will be a great resource for her.

Yes, that Iverson interview is legendary. I appreciate the perspective. Many others can probably relate. It’s not always easy at the start.

Even today I could feel the frustration level go up, as I battled with my left brain.

Better and better though,

Kyle

Thanks Michael! I will keep writing, and it will come more and more. Already has compared to grade 7. I remember my english teacher really pushing me, because I really struggled.

In College I won a student writer’s award, and my piece is published in a book, with other award winner’s from that year. When I received a copy of that book, it pushed me to tears. Amazing how one can grow so much. Credit to editing on this one. I relished in the research portion of the essay though.

I think sometimes I lose perspective of how far I’ve come.

Thanks for helping me be reminding of this.

Hey Andrea,

Thanks

Isn’t that such an amazing thing. More response, comes from real, raw and relevant.

In my experience the more “raw” or vulnerable I was in my writing … the more “ripple effect” the post creates.

Following my own advice (above) … I did a FULL post this morning in 55 mins. The 5 mins prep time was KEY.