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Being a good writer:

- Listen to your own writing
- Treat your own writing as gold
- Listen to other people's writing


(A path in writing, something called Grant Writer).
Hvordan og starte med Grant skriving;
1. Talk to other grant writers
2. Consider working with a mentor
3. Apply to be a proposal reader
4. Read as many grant proposals as you can get your hands on
5. Attent grant writing classes, workshops, and seminars
6. Begin building a library of grant books
(Ok, brukt en liten time på d, ska vi se ka meir man kan skriv som lol)


(Google litt, "How to be a writer, så no sett eg igang å skribbel litt notes fra nån av de).
Two paths to being a writer
(Morsomt ord, prolific, highly fruitful,producing in large quantities, or with great frequency, highly productive, høres litt ut som meg xD).
One way, "Paul Graham / Derek Sivers" approach. Explore a lot of ideas, go with the best ones you find, polish, re-write it to hell. If you're a good writer, this will let you consistenly only release masterpieces.

Other method is just to write a hell of a lot, knowing that a number of the things you write will turn out quite well, but the average quality level will be much lower. "Write every day no matter what" approach.

First approach you kinda need to be awesome, and that's very hard. The second one is best for learning to master the craft of writing. So by reading and writing lots, you train yourself up every day.

(Kem e Derek Sivers og Paul Graham? Eg har bookmarka 2 av siden demers før lolz).

By writing tons, after a little while you'll hit your median pretty quickly (I think that's the average).

To some extend, you yourself can't qualify your own work, in buisniss customers do it. And same with the writing. You just let it go and see what happens. You observe the feedback and iterate accordingly.

Alternatively, if you're not that skilled, you could set hard rules and never break them.

Very smart to have a schedule, else you're most likely to abandon things. (hehe)


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- When thinking about writing in a genre, about a topic that's already well covered, you should become familiar with what's already in the marketplace. To distinguish your own message in a meaningful, different way from all the other messages already out there. Fresh approach, something that will captivate an audience. (Hehe, I added the last bit there, bein all creative n stuff).

- Read good writing, lots of it, can never get enough of that shit. (Shit is a metaphor for something positive here, hehe).
- Best books on "the craft of writing". Interessting xD Some ideas;
Elements of Style, William Zinsser's on Writing Well, Jon Franklin's Writing for Story and Leads and Conclusions.
- Eg e nødt å lær meg å LES FORTERE, kan ke bruk 1 månde + på hver bok lol
- Smart starting own blog, just to experiment and test out the water
- Once you get experience writing every day, you can branch out, start pitching ideas to other websites, blogs and magazines.


Some Thoughts on Boredome, and why it's good for your creativity.

- On the other side of the boredome of staring at a blank page is the most exciting experience you can have as a creator. The state of being fired up and discovering new possibilities beyond anything you could have imagined before you sat down to work.
So how can you remind yourself of that when the EXTREME boredome sweeps over....

1. Make sure it's the right kind of boredom lol!
Wrong boredom is when you're doing something tedious or pointless, something that doesn't inspire you, or help achieve your ambitions. The right kind of boredome is the kind you experience in spite of the fact that you know this is something you really, really want to do. That should alert you of the smokescreen of resistance. le resistance!! Like they say in France.

2. Decide beforehand when you're going to start work. If you wait till the next day to decide when in the day you'll start working, you're giving yourself an excellent opportunity to procrastinate. (oj). If you say, I start 10:00 am, you either star then, or you BREKA YOUR PROMIZE!! omg!!

3. Cut yourself off from distractions. Don't rely on willpower. Do you need a library, somewhere else, do you easily distract? Phone, skype, facebook? You know yourself best.

4. Prepare to be bored, don't resist it. Sit there, experience it, notice how it feels on your body, what thoughts and temptations come up in your mind, what emotions you experience. (Meditation can be sick here). Get to know your boredom, when you really study it, can be pretty awesome.

5. Stay where you are until the boredom subsides. No pressure, to come up with amazing shit all the time, or right away. Just relax, look at your shit, or what you did yesterday.

6. Make a habit of it. The more times you see the pattern, first boredom, then curiosity, then interest, then absorption, the more easily you will recognize the boredom as just the first part of the process. Yay!!

Getting started is everything.....

How to become a writer..
A powerful story has a good beginning, a good middle part and a good ending.... *whistles*
If the first few pages of a book, or a movie don't capture your attention, not likely anyone is reading/watching the rest.
Keywords: Cut to the chase, grab your attention
A cool concept, before the beginning. Listen to your audience, understand who you're writing to, who you're giving the story to. Who'll either read/listen to the story. Understand where they're coming from. Understand that your beginning, middle and end will grab them.
Write in your own voice, don't copy that much, maybe just emulate and steal some awesome techniques here and there, but keep it your own.

Step 1: Develop Your Writing Skills
- Write often
- Best habit is consistency and dedication. The more you write, the easier it gets and the more words you can place on a page in a short period of time.
- Educate yourself in the craft of writing.
- Courses that focus on writing skills, through grammar classes, even online classes.
(For example, English and History, which focuses on the written word).
- While you develop your skills, start to hone your writing preferences. Look at the mediums and methods of writing that most appeal to you. Poetry, fiction, nonfiction, biographies, blogs, professional articles, news releases, plays, slogans. Having a direction is pretty awesome. Helps you focus on your future goals.

Step 2: Formal Education to Become a Writer
You can obtain a general degree in English, literature or journalism. If you are interested in technical writing, a degree in computers or science is appropriate. If your passion is to become a fiction writer, you may want to look into obtaining a MFA degree in creative writing.
Another avenue is joining seminaros or workshops hosted by colleges and such.

Step 3: Read to Become a Writer
True writers read. Enhance your understandingof the craft. See how stories are formed and how to bring characters to life. By reading outside your standard genre, you obtain ideas and help expand your writing foundation.
When selecting reading material, try to focus on reading teh top authors in each genre. By reading the best, you will learn from the best, fuck the rest!! lol.
Read books about writing, consider "On Writing" by Steven King, or "The Elements of Style" by Strunk and White, and books to help improve your grammar skills.
No matter what books you are reading, become an active reader by analyzing plots, looking for literary tools, like allusions. Dissect the methord the author uses to keep thereader alert and attentive. Learn how to keep a reader interested is one of the hardest, but most important skills an aspiring writer can learn.

Ideas for learning books:
Books on the structure of screenplays. Books on how to build a dramatic storyline. Books on crafting a killer final act. Books on character, story arcs and the seven basic plots. Books on grammar. Books on the evolution and history of the language. Books on modern usage. Books on the techniques of successful writers. Books on copywriting. Books on proofreading and editing. Books on formatting.