A business is not a content factory. It’s not a content farm. It’s not even a content mill. In fact, it shouldn’t be any of those things. A business is a business. It may or may not publish content about and for that business.
writing
This Is How You Learn to Write or Draw
The only way to learn how to write and draw is by writing and drawing…to persist in the face of continual rejection requires a deep love of the work itself, and learning that lesson kept me from ever taking Calvin and Hobbes for granted when the strip took off years later. – Bill Watterson
I knew next to nothing when I took my first drawing class in undergraduate. I remember receiving the syllabus and being dizzied by the list of art supplies required. I saw the assignments and wondered what the terms meant.
Useful, Entertaining, or Beautiful
The other day, Margie Clayman asked a question that she may have asked just to provoke me. She won’t say. She asked, “Does good writing still matter?” I know she and I both think good writing matters, but what, exactly, is good writing?
The Words Entrusted to Me
I always feel a hesitance when a new writer approaches me. I wonder, “Can I do this? Can I help this writer? Will my insights and questions and thoughts and sometimes tangents be beneficial?” I don’t know, but I take a deep breath and accept the work. [Read more…] about The Words Entrusted to Me
The Better You Get
The better you get the more it hurts. In the case of CrossFit, it hurts more because you’re doing the movements correctly. The bar – even if it’s weighted PVC initially – stays as close to your body as possible. You learn to keep your weight planted in your heels and to use a hook grip. You focus on the form that will produce the most energy not so that you can lift the bar but so that you can get underneath it before gravity has its way. You begin to focus on not only form and power but also speed and mobility.
Taking the Edge Off
Some weeks, much of my writing is done for others. By the end of those weeks, I begin to feel edgy. Writing for others may bring some satisfaction, but it’s writing for myself – writing that may or may not be shared publicly – that brings it wholly.