Something incredible happened… My six-year-old son must have overheard me talking business with the team. Because this weekend, he asked me to print out pictures of rare Pokemon cards. Then he started affixing the photos over the faces of more generic Pokemon cards. He looked at the result, and noted that it didn’t look shiny like the other Pokemon cards. … Read More
Writing tip #9 Getting in the Dirt
Getting in the dirt… This is the latest article from Neil on writing. If you want to create compelling, unputdownable writing. And feel fulfilled by the process, read on below: This one will make you squirm. But if you’ve read the other blog posts in this series, then this fact isn’t surprising. I’m excited to hear that the first … Read More
Writing Tip #8 Defy expectations
This is the latest article from Neil on writing. If you want to create compelling, unputdownable writing. And feel fulfilled by the process, read on below: I’m sharing this next tip as a Bonus, because it’s not essential but it’s a good tool to be aware of. It makes a big difference. This one is useful when you’re writing … Read More
Writing tip #7 A hack to addictive, unputdownable writing….
This is the latest article from Neil on writing. If you want to create compelling, unputdownable writing. And feel fulfilled by the process, read on below: This is one of the hacks to addictive, unputdownable writing… The kind that keeps people hooked, compelled to turn pages. To be used naturally and sparingly in an otherwise well-written work. If you’ve … Read More
Writing tip #6 Show. Don’t tell
This is the latest article from Neil on writing. If you want to create compelling, unputdownable writing. And feel fulfilled by the process, read on below: Have ever noticed how painstaking it can be to get through a single page of a textbook or scientific study? But you can fly through entire chapters of a novel without thinking twice about … Read More
Writing tip #5 TK
This is the latest article from Neil on writing. If you want to create compelling, unputdownable writing. And feel fulfilled by the process, read on below: No, that’s not a typo. It might be your new secret weapon… Last time, we covered one of three practical tips to support your creative process: Having a sacred space. These next two will … Read More
writing tip #4 make it sacred
This is the latest article from Neil on writing. If you want to create compelling, unputdownable writing. And feel fulfilled by the process, read on below: After my last writing tip about spilling all your secrets… These next couple of blog posts should feel a bit easier to take on. They are simple tactics with the potential to have a … Read More
Writing tip #2 Nobody Cares
This is the latest article from Neil on writing. If you want to create compelling, unputdownable writing. And feel fulfilled by the process, read on below: If you want to create a book that captures the interest and attention of an audience that is larger than, well, just you, these next two points are crucial. #2. Assume nobody cares. When … Read More
writing tip #1 so you want to write a book…
This is the latest article from Neil on writing. If you want to create compelling, unputdownable writing. And feel fulfilled by the process, read on below: There’s one question I get asked more than anything else. Especially lately. Perhaps while we were spending more time at home, some goals on the back burner began getting moved forward. And that question … Read More
Changing the Frame
This is the latest article from Neil on expanding your mental frame. If you want to take a situation, problem, or experience, and expand your mental frame to create a new interpretation of it, read on below: One more big idea from NLP I want to share with you… In NLP, it’s called: Reframing. Reframing is about taking a situation, … Read More