tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80458707320859585702024-03-22T03:36:41.387+01:00Dear Diary, I Want To Be a WriterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045870732085958570.post-39468009567542291412014-12-19T17:52:00.000+01:002014-12-19T17:52:33.541+01:00Chapter 10: When Author Is Nothing Like The Main Character<span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When
you´re writing a story, you want to have main characters that are
appealing in some way. The main characters are often very
interesting, courageous, pretty, smart and I could keep going on like
this forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It´s
good to write about things you know the best... It is somehow easier.
So it shouldn´t come as a surprise to you that authors often project
themselves into main characters. They have the same opinions, same
sense of humor, same values and oftentimes they even look a lot like
their creator.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But... When
I write I simply can´t use myself as an image for perfect and
flawless main female character. Why?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For
starters, I am not graceful and nonchalant. As a matter of fact, I´m
the exact opposite. When I walk down the street I stumble and fall. A
lot. If there is one single bump on a completely smooth road you can
be damn sure that I´m going to find it and stumble because of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I´m
not good with make up either. When I put on red lipstick and I flash
a big smile at someone I like, there is a 98 % chance that I have red
lipstick also on my teeth. Charming...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The
main characters are witty and always know what to say and when to say
it. I don´t. What I do, is often just keep silent with an awkward
smile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I´m
not elegant either. When I get all dressed up it has become some sort
of a rule that I have to spill something all over my clothes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So
there you have it. I´m awkward, clumsy and no elegant at all. If I´m
not writing about the weird girl with extreme talent for finding
herself in awkward situations, I simply have to use my imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What
about you? Do you project yourself into the characters in your stories?
Let me know in a comment!</span></div>
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045870732085958570.post-73983514163679596902014-08-03T22:49:00.000+02:002014-08-03T22:49:50.578+02:00Chapter 9: Write and live like Ernest Hemingway<div align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ernest
Hemingway is THE legend – obviously. When I was teenager, I dreamed
that I would have exciting life as he had. I mean, living in Paris,
Cuba, writing all day long, meeting interesting people, drinking
coffee and mojito, what´s not to like, right? And being Pulitzer and
Nobel Prize winner doesn´t suck either.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And what
does MY life look like? I´m 27 years old, I live in the small town
in the middle of nowhere, I´m struggling to make a living as a
writer – I live from paycheck to paycheck and I don´t have money
for literally anything and I´m as far from Nobel Prize for
Literature as one can be. Great, I´m living the life of my dreams!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, not
really. But I´m sloooowly getting there. And I wouldn´t have it
any other way! As time went by, I realized that Hemingway´s life
wasn´t as idyllic as I´ve aways imagined (Especially the ending was
very sad). However we can´t deny that this man lived his life to the
fullest. And that´s what I would like to achieve as well. I don´t
want to have life like Hemingway. I want to LIVE life like Hemingway.
Enjoy every second of it. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When you are
trying to become a writer, it´s only natural that you look up to the
greatest writers of all time. But everything you see are amazing
careers and success stories. And it´s not what you can expect right
away. Don´t write for money. Don´t write for fame. Write just for
yourself. When you are writing just for yourself you can call it pure
passion. And if it is meant to be, success will follow. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And when you
want to write exactly like the great Hemingway himself? It can be
done! Did you know that there is <a href="http://www.hemingwayapp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>app</b></a>
that can make you write like Ernest Hemingway? Cool, right? :) How
does it work? Throw couple of sentences in the app and in a minute
you´ll see how Hemingway would have written it differently. If you
don´t believe me, try it for yourself (and have fun!).</span></span></div>
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045870732085958570.post-2469597417545572152014-01-08T17:24:00.001+01:002014-01-08T17:44:52.379+01:00Chapter 8: GIF Tag<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I´ve found this hilarious tag on <a href="http://bookhi.blogspot.sk/2014/01/the-gif-tag_7.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zoe´s blog</a> and I immediately wanted to be part of it as well :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">when you meet: someone who likes reading</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">someone who'ships' the same characters as you</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">waiting for the last book in a series</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">book hangover</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">when an author kills off a favourite character</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">seeing a book you want in someone else's hands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">in a book shop</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When you´ve had some attempts to write
something whatsoever, I bet you know the feeling. Staring at a blank
sheet of paper or at a blinking cursor on a perfectly empty computer
monitor. I once got myself to the point, when I started to google :
„How to stop blinking cursor?“. Yeah, it was that
bad... Seriously, what is this writer´s block and how to overcome it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For many writers, this is the worst
part. You have excellent idea for your new novel but somehow, right
words don´t seem to come to you. You don´t know how to start, how
to continue, how to express what you see so clearly in your mind.
There are several types of writer´s block:</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>You can't come up with an
idea –</b><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> this is
the most common one and hey, I´ve got some good news for you –
it´s also the easiest problem to solve. When you just keep typing
and erasing all over again and at the end of the day you are staring
at one single paragraph, there is an easy solution. Just try to
write some fan-fiction. Or write about your life but try to think
about how would your life look like if you´d started to date
someone else instead of your current boyfriend/girlfriend
(husband/wife). The ideas in your head will eventually become
clearer and clearer and writing will become easier.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>You actually have a ton of
ideas but none of them seems to be good enough</b><br />Okay, this is
slightly harder. You start to type and after while you simply lose
interest in your idea. Oftentimes, the coolest ideas can turn to
most boring and annoying stories and you can do nothing about it.
When you have these issues at the beginning, just throw those ideas
away. If they are not meant to be, they´re not meant to be. Or if
you don´t want to get rid of them completely, just save them in
special file and you can always return to them later. Maybe in a
month, maybe in a year or even in 20 years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>You're stuck in the middle
and have no idea how to continue</b><br />Well, probably you
don´t have an outline, or you ditched it while ago. If you´re not
big outline fan, that´s okay. Maybe you just need a couple days to
recharge your creativity. Or try to rethink your original idea. Step
aside and look for new perspective. Did you know that Mark Twain
spent months stuck in the middle of Huckleberry Finn? And look how great it turned out!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>You have an outline but
you can't get through one particular part of it</b><br />Some
writers make great friends with outlines and some don't. For some
writers outline is way to start writing. Outline is like a map for a
driver. When you are about to get on a trip and you NEED to know
where you are going, then it´s usually good idea to have a map with
you. But when you are up for some adventure, you can leave you map
at home. (there is a chance you get lost somewhere along the way,
though :)) When you can´t get through some parts of the story there
might be some gaps in your outline. Try to rewrite it and see where
story is getting now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>You have a terrible
feeling that your story took a wrong turn a hundred pages back, and
you now hit a dead end</b><br />I´m not going to lie to you.
This is the worst. Every writer makes decisions about how will
storyline progress. You made one as well and it felt right at that
moment but somehow after hundred pages you feel like you´ve made
horrible mistake. Yeah, it happens. First of all, don´t panic.
Re-read what you´ve written so far. Is it really bad or are you
just having second thoughts? When you are completely sure that
you´ve made mistake, there´s only one way how to solve this. Go back to
that place, where you took the wrong turn and start all over again. I
know. It sucks! Big time. But it´s the only way how you can fix
this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>You're bored with some of
your characters</b><br />First of all – it´s your fault. Maybe
it´s hard to hear but it´s true. You created them, remember? When
your characters don´t do anything interesting, they´re not
interesting. Period. If you want them to be active, bold, funny, you
have to create adequate conditions for them. When you want them to
run, you have to make someone else chasing them. Capish?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">But most of all remember this: Writer´s
block is your subconscious telling you, that something doesn´t feel
right. If you´re experiencing writer´s block right now, don´t
freak out. Take a break, go for a walk, read a book, watch a movie,
or hang out with your friends. You´ll see that „visiting another
world“ will help you come up with fresh ideas and new perspectives
on your story.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045870732085958570.post-30076128955929337432014-01-05T19:39:00.006+01:002014-01-05T19:39:59.740+01:00Chapter 6: Lazy Sunday<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today I don't feel like doing
anything</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-6TYhvnXfkkAwOWzggOBtfBw8cdvEFUJz_Z2Y145vkOSUtHv9gRLRunsPsKFp59L8kxAraE8dAbqfcanM-FieCcJfjBPiYak0f_k9ME2Hhxu_ExeyixlB7BbdpmvOchruVSNbUuzWxI/s1600/tumblr_l3np0faO9P1qc073co1_400.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-6TYhvnXfkkAwOWzggOBtfBw8cdvEFUJz_Z2Y145vkOSUtHv9gRLRunsPsKFp59L8kxAraE8dAbqfcanM-FieCcJfjBPiYak0f_k9ME2Hhxu_ExeyixlB7BbdpmvOchruVSNbUuzWxI/s320/tumblr_l3np0faO9P1qc073co1_400.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br />I just wanna lay in my bed</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVA5xpxgQznNPqjzHcLhFQGpVawdYrvYT9kJM4_teB_3gEbOS7nXj07GYtQvp3MMdOQm-MDhJOjnXZJ0_3r6d2F-uNeALTpVIzM73_TDFSDSEl-14aBPrLocXS5pPTRrOOtma9019WIE/s1600/5TqCXvZ.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVA5xpxgQznNPqjzHcLhFQGpVawdYrvYT9kJM4_teB_3gEbOS7nXj07GYtQvp3MMdOQm-MDhJOjnXZJ0_3r6d2F-uNeALTpVIzM73_TDFSDSEl-14aBPrLocXS5pPTRrOOtma9019WIE/s320/5TqCXvZ.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Don't feel like picking up
my phone, so leave a message at the tone</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_JF7hsNQQbOAbjTTBzLYubbnojEMt8XeuxYy-_J8acDxdukhvLaA7XulietUPWRaCGlEmLc6sxxhjgmPw8LHVER-Z6H4AQF0HMpTNAt7VgJ-krWEa6OomE09lhqFKRByahEKp36QLBI/s1600/tumblr_mvklq8xNru1sqldt3o1_500.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_JF7hsNQQbOAbjTTBzLYubbnojEMt8XeuxYy-_J8acDxdukhvLaA7XulietUPWRaCGlEmLc6sxxhjgmPw8LHVER-Z6H4AQF0HMpTNAt7VgJ-krWEa6OomE09lhqFKRByahEKp36QLBI/s320/tumblr_mvklq8xNru1sqldt3o1_500.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">'Cause today I swear I'm
not doing anything</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045870732085958570.post-63748458853976325852014-01-03T20:21:00.002+01:002014-01-04T18:08:21.954+01:00Chapter 5: Why Procrastination Doesn´t Get You Anywhere<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I´ll do it first thing
tomorrow. I´ll start on Monday. Or next month. Or even on New Year´s
Day. Does this sound like you? Well, good news is that you´re not
alone. Almost everyone procrastinates.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are many reasons why
we put off things we have, need or should do. It´s part of being
human. Nobody is perfect. But when you want to achieve success, you
simply gotta fight this nasty habit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When it comes to
procrastination, you can see it pretty much everywhere. Do you have
to work out? It´s there! Do you have to make important call that
makes you uncomfortable? You put it off! Are you going to foreign
country and you have your chance to actually speak the language
you´ve been learning for many years? You procrastinate again! Or do
you have to publish your first article and face criticism? You move
your „publish date“ to another day. If you are putting off small
things like washing the dishes and it doesn´t bother you at all,
it´s no big deal. Who cares, right? But when procrastination is
seriously messing with your health or with your career, it´s time to
do something about it. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why do we do that?
Everyone has its own reasons. I procrastinate because I hate to make
mistakes. I want everything to be perfect. And I´m afraid that I
don´t meet those high expectations. When I don´t know how to make
something flawlessly, I simply don´t do it. And it´s the worst
mistake I´m making in my life. Making mistakes and not being perfect
is part of learning. And when you are not willing to make mistakes,
you´ll never be able to deliver results. If you are anything like
me, please, don´t be so hard on yourself. Most of procrastinators
tend to be self-critical. Self-criticism is good but don´t over do
it. It´s natural that you are afraid of failure but when you think
about it procrastination is in fact definition of failure. When you
procrastinate, you fail to do what you´re supposed to do. What you
always wanted to do. What you need to do.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How can you fight it? It
is easy and it is difficult at the same time. You can fight it by
taking baby steps. When it comes to writing write every time you have
a minute. Or five. Or ten. You don´t have to write for five hours
straight. Just write down what you have in mind and don´t re-read
it. Just leave it alone. When you´ll have a time again, try to
squeeze couple minutes of writing among your other activities. Before
you know it, you find yourself doing things you usually put off on
daily basis and procrastination won´t be part of your life anymore.</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045870732085958570.post-15833966238675759342014-01-02T14:59:00.001+01:002014-01-04T18:08:16.036+01:00Chapter 4: New Year - New Beginnings<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hey everybody! First of all, I want to
wish you Happy New Year and may it be your best year yet! :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When old year´s ending we simply can´t
help it and we start to think about our life. Was that year good?
Were our relationships with people good? Did we have fun throughout
the year? Did we lose any weight? Did we make our dreams come true?
New years is our way of starting fresh. It´s about forgetting (or
learning from) old mistakes and trying again. I have couple of New
Year´s resolutions as well. Let me share them with you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eat less, exercise more and therefore
lose some weight. I know. That´s the obvious one. I bet there is
only tiny group of people who are satisfied with their bodies. If you
feel like you could/should lose ton or two, let´s do it together!
2014 will be year of sexy and healthy bodies! I know we can DO IT!
10<sup>th</sup> time is a charm (at least for me:))!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Write everyday, so I get my first novel
finished by the end of this year. Period!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of writing, I want to
improve my signature because the one I use right now is just
horrible!! Who knows, maybe I´ll become really famous someday and I
don´t want to be unprepared. Truth is, I don´t want to be known as
writer with worst signature ever.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Be more excited about little things in
my life. Learning how to appreciate small miracles is part of
enjoying life in general and being grateful.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Learn new things. Learn new language,
master at least one great party trick... Learn how to make an evil
laugh, because at this very moment, my evil laugh sounds like cute
giggle of little girl and that´s not scary at all!</span></span></div>
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Black Swan I wanted to do ballet just for fun. But somehow I´ve
always managed to find excuse why I shouldn´t try it. But not now.
Not this year! I know that picture myself that I would look like this</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How about you? Let me know what your
New Year´s resolutions are!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every writer has his/her own routine. I
don´t consider myself a writer just yet but I´m slowly getting
there. So, what´s my typical routine?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">First of all, I wake up. (I bet you
didn´t see that one coming :)) Then I try to get coffee into my
system as soon as possible. Otherwise I wouldn´t be able to move,
speak or do anything. I don´t know how about you guys but I usually
am very quiet when I wake up in the morning. At least one hour. I do
it because I´m not morning person and also because I sound like a
lead singer of death metal band. It takes some time until my normal
speaking voice come back and I´m not that crabby. I try to avoid
morning small talks as much as I can manage. Everybody who knows me a
little, doesn´t even bother to ask me: „Good morning, Tina. Did
you sleep well?“. Because my friends know, I´ll probably just give
them one of my WTF looks. So when you meet me someday in the morning,
just don´t ask me anything. I´ll come around eventually and I´ll
start conversation myself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After breakfast I turn on my laptop and
I just start to write. As simple as that. I write everyday. It can be
blog post (like this one), it can be review for my other website or
it can be one sentence, or one paragraph, one page, or one whole
chapter for my novel, I´m working on right now. I know, it´s quite
surprising...writing is huge part of writer´s routine! If you want
to be a writer, writing for you has to be something you simply can´t
live without. For me writing is way more entertaining than getting
drunk on parties for example. Of course I have my days when I´m not
capable of writing one sentence that would make sense. On day like
that I just read, watch movies, or youtube videos with adorable
kittens.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What do I do, when I don´t write? Usually
I sleep, eat or I´m just hanging out with my family or friends. How
about you? What is your daily routine? :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everytime you are trying to write
something, you have to pick a topic first. That´s right. A topic you
are going to write about. But how to pick a great and most of all
<b>interesting</b> theme?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well... picking a topic for your blog
post, article or even novel can be sometimes really tricky. Blogging
is the easiest one, I would say. You should blog about something you
like, about your life, about your hobbies. Simply about something you
know very well and you understand it. For example let´s say you LOVE
fashion. You are falling asleep with Vogue in your hands every night,
you know everything about new S/S collection by Marc Jacobs, so
writing about fashion should be easy for you, right? Picking up a
topic in this particular area will come naturally to you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Writing article for magazine or
newspaper can be slightly challenging. You are not writing just for
yourself, you are looking for some audience here. You have to write
about something that will instantly catch reader´s attention. You
want to make some noise with your article. So you have a couple of
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Controversy – shocking people
(in a good or in a bad way) has never failed, when you´re looking
for attention (Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus are great example).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Humor – people like to laugh and
they like making other people laugh even more. When you write
something funny, others will share your article like crazy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Emotions – do you know how to
make people cry only using your words? Then do it! What are you
waiting for? Profound articles make people think that they are
reading something valuable and they´re not just wasting time
reading some meaningless stories.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trends – you can comment with
your article what´s going on in the world right now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And finally, picking topic for your
first or next novel. That´s the hard one. If you want to be a
writer, I´m sure you have been struggling with this issue as well.
Key to picking a great topic for your novel is to be original. Don´t
be affraid to open door and let your „creative you“ in. Play
around with different ideas. When something suddenly hits you, don´t
wait, write that idea down ASAP. It may not be your best idea but you
just never know.... In couple of years you can build wonderful story
around it. Go with your instinct. It doesn´t have to be perfect.
Just write and you´ll see where is story taking you. There is just
one rule. Never ever try to copy something that is popular at the
moment. Do you want to write about hot sparkling vampires? Sorry,
that one is taken. How about young wizard with a scar on his
forehead? Yap, that one too, I´m afraid. Don´t copy popular
stories. Just be yourself and I´m sure, you´ll come up with
something truly amazing! :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">When you want to become actor, singer
or writer there is no guarantee that you´ll eventually become one.
That´s why it´s always good to keep so called back-up job. Back-up
job pays your rent, your bills and it´s keeping your dream alive.
Back up jobs are your safety net. Your back-up job can be pretty much
anything... For example you can be a waiter. But I really doubt that
somebody wants to be a waiter forever. So there is always slash
behind „waiter“. You can be waiter/singer... waiter/actor...
waiter/model... waiter/writer. But changing waiter to writer is a
really long journey. Journey that will cost you lots of money and
time. That´s why it´s always good idea to keep your current job so
you don´t have to worry about your income.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">Why am I telling you all this? Because
I didn´t :) I quit my job and I have become full time blogger. Now I
am blogger/writer. It wasn´t easy but blogging has become my back-up
job. I don´t make lot of money but I´ m genuinely happy. As a
matter of fact I´m the happiest I´ve ever been in my entire life.
And that´s because I´m doing what I love. I love to write. Now I
have time to write every single day. Because it´s my job. I write
blogs and reviews during day and in my free time I´m working on my
very first novel :) And let me tell you, it´s the best feeling ever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">If you want to become a writer just so
you can make big bucks then don´t even bother. Everything you do in
life you have to do because you love it, because you have passion for
it. When you love something, people can see that and sooner or later
someone will appreciate your hard work. Then you will start to make
some money and when you make money out of something you absolutely
love to do, it´s simply priceless :)</span></div>
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</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045870732085958570.post-60475995716472306612013-12-12T23:25:00.000+01:002013-12-12T23:37:50.911+01:00Dear Diary...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Poznáte to, každý z nás má nejaký sen.">You know, everyone has a dream. </span><span title="Ja som odjakživa sa túžila stať spisovateľom.">I always wanted to become a writer. </span><span title="Keďže pochádzam z krajiny, kde je úplne bežné si svoje sny plniť (tu si predstavte tabuľku s nápisom Sarkazmus) išla som študovať psychológiu.">Coming
from a country where it is perfectly normal to fulfill your
dreams (now you have to imagine a HUGE SARCASM sign) I went to study psychology.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Doštudovala som pred tromi rokmi a odvtedy sa venujem všelijakým iným činnostiam.">I graduated three years ago and since then I have been doing all sort of stuff.</span><span title="Psychológa robím akurát tak vo voľnom čase svojim rodinným príslušníkom a kamarátom, ale podvedome stále myslím na to, ako by som rada napísala knihu a zdieľala svoje myšlienky s inými ľuďmi.">I act like psychologist only with my family members and friends in </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Psychológa robím akurát tak vo voľnom čase svojim rodinným príslušníkom a kamarátom, ale podvedome stále myslím na to, ako by som rada napísala knihu a zdieľala svoje myšlienky s inými ľuďmi."><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Psychológa robím akurát tak vo voľnom čase svojim rodinným príslušníkom a kamarátom, ale podvedome stále myslím na to, ako by som rada napísala knihu a zdieľala svoje myšlienky s inými ľuďmi.">my free time</span></span>
but I still subconsciously think of how I would like to write a book and
share my thoughts with others.</span><span title="Tak som si začala z dlhej chvíle googliť frázy: „Chcem sa stať spisovateľom“, alebo „Ako sa stať spisovateľom“.">So I started to google out of sheer boredom the phrase: "<i>I want to become a writer</i>," or "<i>How to become a writer.</i>" </span><span title="Ako prvý som si prečítala článok, ktorý mi odporúčal, že sa o to ani nemám pokúšať.">First article that I´ve read gave me an interesting advice: DON´T EVEN TRY TO BECOME A WRITER. You don´t even have to bother - </span><span title="Že je to priveľmi ťažké.">it's just too difficult. </span><span title="Ešteže som taká sprostá a nedám si v ničom poradiť...">Thank God I'm so stupid and I don´t take advices from anyone.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Ešteže som taká sprostá a nedám si v ničom poradiť..."><br /></span><span title="Keďže neexistuje žiaden X-Factor, alebo American Idol pre spisovateľov, rozhodla som sa, že sa svetu odprezentujem takto.">Since there is no X - Factor or American Idol for writers, I decided to present myself to the World in another way. </span><span title="Založila som si tento denník av ňom si budem zaznamenávať všetky kroky, ktoré podniknem smerom k tomu, aby som napísala svoju knihu a splnila si tak svoj sen.">I started this website and with it I will record all action steps taken by me
towards my dream - writing and publishing my very own book.</span><span title="Tento blog je určený všetkým ľuďom, ktorí sa tiež chcú stať spisovateľmi, ktorí chcú niekedy vydať knihu, ktorí sa živia písaním, alebo o tom rozmýšľajú.">This
blog is for all the people who also want to become writers, who want to
publish a book, who make a living as writer or they at least think about it. </span><span title="Ale uvítam tu aj ľudí, čo radi v priamom prenose sledujú, ako sa niekto (ja) strápňuje :)">But I welcome here pretty much everyone who like to watch how others (me) embarrass themselves :)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="Ale uvítam tu aj ľudí, čo radi v priamom prenose sledujú, ako sa niekto (ja) strápňuje :)"> </span><span title="Prajem príjemnú zábavu :)">Enjoy yourself :)</span></span></span></div>
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