Let's get comfortable with our Writing . . .

Let's get comfortable with our Writing . . .

BLOG SESSION

January 26, 2018

Writers ~ There is something about being comfortable when you write that produces a writing that is comfortable for your Readers.

The reason why we are having this Blog Session today is to get your mind ready for the various emotional aspects of writing.  There are emotional levels that come through when you write.  You will always be able to feel the following emotions when you read . . .

1)  Sadness (Sorrow)

2)  True intensity

3)  Joy

4)  Disappointment

5)  Wonder

6)  Curiosity

7)  Betrayal

8)  Hurt

9)  Grief

10)  Passion

11)  Warmth

12)  Empathy

13)  Fear

14)  Hate

15)  Happiness

16)  Anger

17)  Disgust

18)  Shock

19)  Kindness

20)  introversion (personality)

21)  extroversion (personality)

We'll be back to break these comfort levels down further in our next Blog Session ~ See you then!

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

The Writer's Comfort Levels

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved

The Feng Shui Writer

The Feng Shui Writer

BLOG SESSION

January 25, 2018

Welcome back Writers ~ We are here today to talk about The Feng Shui Writer.  If you are wondering what a Feng Shui Writer is, it is the Writer who operates in a Feng Shui environment.  The general principle is a space that encompasses harmony.

Feng Shui or fengshui (pinyin: fēngshuǐ, pronounced [fə́ŋ.ʂwèi]  (( listen)) is Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing everyone with the surrounding environment. It is closely linked to Taoism.  The term feng shui literally translates as "wind-water" in English.  This is a cultural shorthand taken from the passage of the now-lost Classic of Burial recorded in Guo Pu's commentary:  Feng shui is one of the Five Arts of Chinese Metaphysics, classified as physiognomy (observation of appearances through formulas and calculations).  The feng shui practice discusses architecture in metaphoric terms of "invisible forces" that bind the universe, earth, and humanity together, known as qi.

If you take a look at the Writer's workspace at the top of our Blog Session here today, you'll notice numbers throughout the Writer's workspace.  Let's take a moment to correlate those numbers with the feng shui meaning...

1.  Think Outside the Thumbtack 
Wall-mounted straps take up little room but can hold all manner of bright and practical things.  Envision something along the lines of wall-mounted straps versus the plain board that you see mounted to the wall.  Of course, you can choose to let the mounted board stay in place and add harmonizing additions to that particular wall.

2. Boost Color 
Enliven a depressingly gray cubicle or home office workspace with color accents like patterned file folders that you see in the space at the top of our Blog Session.  And you'll notice a square box space with inside color to hold papers located next to the desk drawers.

3. Block Out the Din (loud, unpleasant and/or prolonged noise) 
Rather than nagging co-workers or those in the vicinity of your home work space to lower their phone voices, shut them out entirely.  Get a good pair of noise-isolating earphones, such as earbuds which have a mute clicker on the cable for when you do want to hear your neighbors.

4. Be the All-Seeing Eye 
A rear-view mirror on your monitor not only warns you when someone is approaching, but it is also supposedly good feng shui.

5. See the Light 

Overhead lights often don’t reach cubicles.  If your furniture set-up does not allow for lower cubicle panels, import something sleek like an Antenna lamp.

6. Add an Oddity 

“Things around you should bring a smile to your face.”  As you can see in the picture at the top of our Blog Session today, there is a spot (6) for a fancy paper-clip holder or some other small desk accessory that just might just do the trick.

7. Grow Something 

A bright and leafy, six-inch peace lily doesn’t need much light and requires water only once a week.  You may want to grow a peace lily or some other nice plant that suits you in the space numbered (7).

8. Sit Right 

For aching backs (or for the prevention of aching backs), you may want to take the advice of a  knowledgeable chiropractor, and try the highly recommended Back Vitalizer, which looks like your average chair cushion but keeps your back far more mobile.  “A body that’s not in motion is more vulnerable to injury.”

9. Feel the Breeze 

A small fan under your desk creates a little bit of white noise and helps circulate air flow—which is always good for general health.

10. Don’t Get Tripped 
Tangled cords signify a tangled mind.  Zip all your wires together in a nifty neoprene coverlet.

Your writing space should be a place where you feel relaxed and at ease.  You should feel good each time you enter into your writing space.  Keeping disturbances out of your writing space is essential.  

As an added touch, you may want to place a "Do Not Disturb" Sign in your space which alerts onlookers to the sacred space that you embrace as you work on your writings.

EXAMPLE SIGNS FOR WRITERS

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Be sure to join us for the next exciting Blog Session!

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved

Using deep thought as fuel for your writings.

Using deep thought as fuel for your writings.

BLOG SESSION

January 24th, 2018

Welcome back Writers!  Today is a good day to learn how you can use deep thought as fuel for your writings.

As we all know, many Writers can sink into thought at a level that some may find sad or depressing.  After all, writers are thinkers.  As a writer, you have to be a thinker.  It is part and parcel of the writing experience.  What is vital about your thought process is that you must learn to utilize your thoughts in your favor.  It is a definite must.  You cannot afford to let your thoughts overwhelm you to the point of stagnation.  Too much thinking can be debilitating.  It is like having an infirmity in your mind, and that is not allowed.

Fuel is necessary if you desire to have writings that have strength.  The fuel I am referring to are those deep thoughts that in many cases some writers find to be overwhelming.  The key is to take control of your thoughts.

If you find that you are dwelling on anything that is taking your spirit down into the depths, you must learn to pull up on that particular thought process and bring it under submission.  Take those thoughts and turn them into a story of sorts.  Make the feelings work toward a storyline that brings forth energy that transforms woe into a tale that no other writer can tell but you.  This is where the excitement comes in . . .

"The Tale of Woe is me"

Deep thinking Writer ~ Here's what you'll need to do:

1)  Capture your thoughts on paper;

2)  Work through your thought process;

3)  Figure out the source of your thoughts;

4)  Separate feelings and emotions from truth;

5)  Understand clearly why you are feeling what you are feeling;

6)  Determine if your emotions are out of control because of a life event;

6)  Take all individuals out of the picture and turn the light on you; and finally,

7)  Ask yourself if your thoughts are the making of an incredible writing that is calling out to you.

Writer take all of your woe characters running through your mind, get them suitcases, pack them up, and place them on a plane to another environment.  After you get them all there, find out which ones shine brightly, and can make for a Best Selling Novel!

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

The Feng Shui Writer

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved

Journals for the Writer, Author, and/or Novelist.

Journals for the Writer, Author, and/or Novelist.

BLOG SESSION

January 23rd, 2018

Welcome back Writers, Authors, Novelists, Poets, Blog Readers, Followers & Visitors ~ We are going to cover the topic that everyone will be interested in, and that is:  Journals for the Writer, Author and/or Novelist.  This also includes Poets, Journalists, Artists, and everyone interested in working on Writing Projects.

The first item that I'm going to show you is a decorative Journal . . .

Journal

This Journal is one that all the Artists of our Blog will just fall in love with because it is artsy!

Writers ~ Why do you need a Journal?  You need a Journal to get your thoughts in order.  You'll need to organize your writing project ~ be it a book, a short story, a poetry anthology, a Script, a Play, a Radio Broadcast, a book of quotes, a Research Paper, a Documentary, a Speech, a Film Project, a Musical, focused Articles, Newsletters, self-help books, or any other writing project that you have planned for this year.

Your Journal will be your roadmap to keep yourself on track.

As a Writer, you definitely need to map out the genre(s) that you will be working with.  If you are focused on writing a Children's book, then you will need to get busy making notes inside your Journal about the artwork you'll be including in your book.  All illustrations need to be laid out, and inserted in your Journal.

You'll definitely need to include background information about yourself as the Author.

If your goal is to be a Novelist, then your mission when it comes to utilizing your Journal will be to make sure that you have researched your Novel content ~ locations and period history.  Be sure to add any photos or newspaper clippings that will assist you with your writing as you work on your Novel.

NOTE:  A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.  Some novelists are professional novelists, and thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to support themselves in this way or write as an avocation.  Most novelists struggle to get their debut novel published, but once published they often continue to be published.  Just because it is said that very few become literary celebrities, it doesn't mean that you will not become a literary celebrity ~ thus gaining prestige or a considerable income from your work.  Your mission is to keep the faith!

If your goal is to be a Novelist, you may want to dedicate yourself to a certain amount of reading time to check out Novelists that you admire and read regularly.  Ask yourself what is it about the particular Novelist that you read that you find fascinating?  And what is it about their writing style that attracts your attention?

Another area of focus for all Writers here on the Blog today is to understand why you find writing to be your "calling"?  And, if you do find writing to be your "calling", how dedicated to your "calling" are you?

For the Poets here on the Blog today . . .

There is an ART to Poetry.  Imagine having a postage stamp with your face on it . . .

Paul Laurence Dunbar

American Poet

Langston Hughes

American Poet

What style Poet are you?  Do you participate in Poetry Readings?  Have you had your poetry included in a Collection of poetry works with other Poets?  Do you take the time to record your poetry on audio tapes?

The mission for all Writers here today is to get your Journal and start using it!

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

Using deep thought as fuel for your writings.

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved

About Ghostwriters . . .

About Ghostwriters . . .

BLOG SESSION

January 22nd, 2018

Good Evening Writers, Authors, Poets, Literary Lovers, Blog Readers, Followers & Visitors ~ You are in for a treat!

Our Blog Session scheduled for this evening is being interrupted to bring you information about Ghostwriters in response to a request received from a Reader of our last Blog Session.  In our last Session,  we briefly discussed pen names and ghostwriters when talking about our Book Writing Diary.

Just as an overview for those of you who may have missed our Blog Session, A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the Author.  Celebrities, executives, participants in timely news stories, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, memoirs, magazine articles, or other written material.  In music, ghostwriters are often used to write songs, lyrics and instrumental pieces.  Screenplay Authors can also use ghostwriters to either edit or rewrite their scripts to improve them.

Just so you know . . .

Author Tom Clancy at a Book Signing

The popular demand for Tom Clancy's action novels exceeded his ability to write new books.  As a result, his publisher hired ghostwriters to write novels in the Clancy style.

More about Ghostwriters . . .

Ghostwriters are writers for hire who take money but none of the credit for the work produced.  The original writer, or author, is hiring the ghost as a freelance writer to produce copy writer work for a fee.  The author takes all the credit for all of the original work produced, including all of the original writing produced by the ghostwriter.  The ghost, who is usually paid in advance of completing the job, gets the money as a “work for hire” job and assumes none of the credit for the ghostwriting work.

What are the reasons to Hire a GhostWriter?

This may sound odd, but it is a common practice.  When someone wants to create new copy for a website, a ghostwriter may be hired to rewrite it, and there are many similar jobs such as writing ad or business copy, or supplying new or rewritten material for personal or professional use.  The ghost is hired primarily as a professional freelance writer, in order to produce high quality writing copy so that the writing reads professionally.

Ghostwriters are also hired to write books for people.  In such cases, the author of the book is the person who hires the ghostwriter, and not the ghost, unless the book author wants to share some of the credit with the ghost.  In this case, the ghost may be listed as a coauthor or as the “editor” of the book, and generally this is listed somewhere in the acknowledgments page.

How to Become a GhostWriter

However you slice it, the ghost writing business can be quite lucrative.  In order to become a well paid ghost, you should have plenty of experience as a freelance writer, perhaps including some books published under your own name or years of experience writing website and other types of copy for businesses.  You should be experienced as a freelance writer who has been paid regularly for your services, and then you may take on the career of becoming a paid professional freelance ghostwriter.  There is always room in the writing profession for another freelance writer.  Freelance writing can be a very lucrative career, once you know how to handle the ins and outs of the business.  And, once you learn how to deal with your clients as a ghost writer should.

Find out more about Ghostwriters and Freelance Writing by researching further.

OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

Journals for the Writer, Author, and/or Novelist.

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved

Writer ~ Be the CHANGE you wish to SEE . . .

Writer ~ Be the CHANGE you wish to SEE . . .

BLOG SESSION

January 21st, 2018

Good Afternoon Writers, Blog Readers, Followers & Visitors ~ Today, in this Blog Session, and in the Session tomorrow, we are going to cover two very special areas of interest.  Those areas are:

1)   Diary just for your book writing projects; and

2)   Journals for the Writer, Author, and/or Novelist.

Personal Diary

&

Diary for your Book Writing Projects

In our last Blog Session, we already covered the many topics that you can write about in your Personal Diary.  Just as a review, you can take a moment to re-read our last Blog Session by Clicking here . . .

What your Diary/Journal will tell you

After you have written in your Personal Diary for about a week, if you take a moment or two to read over your daily diary entries for the week, you will discover some very surprising things about yourself.

Most people really have no idea of how their mind is working every day of their life.  Each moment has the potential to manifest an incredible idea, a positive thought, an inspirational vision, and any number of other progressive inventions tailored just for you.

When you write in your personal diary, this is when you are able to download what is on your mind, in your heart, and the stuff that you are carrying around on your back that you have forgotten about.  Those weighty stressor back-packs that we carry cause our necks to tense, our shoulders to feel heavy, and our backs to feel stressed.  Why not unload all of that in your personal diary.  Let your Diary deal with it.

Now, let's move on to our other important area of discussion for today . . .

Diary for your Book Writing Projects

Your Book Writing Diary

The first thing you can do when you open up your Book Writing Diary is write your name.  When I say "name", that means:  1)  Your Real Name; 2)  Your Pen Name; and/or 3)  Your Ghostwriter Name.

Also, make sure that as you begin to write entries in your Book Writing Diary that you understand the meaning of those three names listed above . . .

Your Real Name ~ as given at birth and/or currently, as well as specific designations such as...(i.e., maiden name; married name; hyphenated name; designated educational level ~ Dr., PhD, MA, etc.) 

A pen name (nom de plume, or literary double) is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of his or her works in place of their "real" name.  A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her previous works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or for any of a number of reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic presentation of the work.  The author's name may be known only to the publisher, or may come to be common knowledge.

A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the Author.  Celebrities, executives, participants in timely news stories, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, memoirs, magazine articles, or other written material.  In music, ghostwriters are often used to write songs, lyrics and instrumental pieces.  Screenplay Authors can also use ghostwriters to either edit or rewrite their scripts to improve them.

Writing in your Book Writing Diary

As you begin your entries in your Book Writing Diary, you'll develop your own way of placing information pertaining to your book inside.  Remember, this Diary is for all of your book writing projects.  If you are just working on one book at this moment, all the better!

However, if you plan on working on more than one book writing project in the next six months, be sure to list them all.  You may be working on a Play, or a Publication, or a Documentary, or a Memoir, or a Biography ~ whatever the case may be, use your Book Writing Diary to keep notes.  You can also name it whatever you like ~ Such as, Playwright Diary; Planned Newspaper Articles; Writing Projects for the month; Short Story Diary; etc. 

You'll need to include book titles, working plan, introduction, synopsis, character list, plot, storyboards if you have them, scene details, background location information, research notes, projected completion dates, publisher information, book cover drawings, any illustrations and/or artwork in relation to your book.

There is much more to cover, so do join us back here for our next Blog Session . . .

 Journals for the Writer, Author, and/or Novelist.

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2018 - All Rights Reserved