I recently visited a bookstore and spent hours thumbing through the pages of different magazines.
It’s impressive how these publications can target really specific audiences. On the one hand, you have your typical politics or sports magazine; on the other hand, some revolve around chicken farms or philosophy in our day and age.
This got me thinking. Magazines can teach us so much about writing. They’re an endless source of ideas.
Today my mom is coming to visit me. She’s staying for three weeks, and I’m writing these lines as she’s making her way through the airport in Vancouver. Then, she will fly to Calgary.
I’m getting married next month. Her presence, support and guidance means the world to me. There’s a lot of things going on in my life right now. Big and exciting changes are coming my way, and I wouldn’t be able to get through them without her.
I’m thinking this is also the case for writing. If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be motivated to be a writer. Here’s four tips she gave me to get started.
In my teen years, I used to read a lot of fanfiction about anime characters. I remember spending hours online discovering stories and making sure I reached the final chapter.
A few days ago, I retook this habit and decided to read with different eyes. I realized that fanfiction is a type of creative writing with tremendous potential to cure a case of writer’s block. Here’s why.
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Today I want to share a few things that have been on my mind lately.
The clothes you are wearing, the products you consume were once somebody’s dream. That dream came true through the use you give them.
The notebooks or journals you write on are the result of somebody’s effort to design them and put them in stores. It was their dream that you would buy them.
The books you read and re-read existed in a writer’s imagination first. The author dreamed to publish his/her work, and it reached you at some point.
Ordinary people started writing songs in their rooms or composing melodies in their garages with friends. Eventually, they became your favourite singers/bands. It was their dream to go on stage and perform for you.
You sit and write everyday to publish your book someday. You share pieces of yourself here and there to show your work. You don’t know what the result will be, but you have a dream, and it’s important to believe in it.
Life is made of dreams that can come true.
I think of marketing and my writing life as a love-hate relationship. In my mind, marketing is all about hard sales and finding channels to keep generating profit.
After giving it some thought, I came to a realization: marketing is like maths. You can’t escape them. They’re always there. They’re part of your life, and you need them. Creative work is not the exception.
I am writing my first book. I started compiling ideas in 2016 and did most of the writing in 2017 and 2018.
Now that I’m going through the editing process, I see that the art of writing is not simple at all. I now understand why this can be such a challenging mission. It’s still fun. Don’t get me wrong.
In this entry, I want to document all my thoughts and experiences so far.
I’ve been thinking about the meaning of success. It is a concept that each person defines in a very unique way. I’d say it’s also the result of being convinced that you’re in the right place and doing what you really like.
Success is so personal, so I want to share what it means to me.
