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By: Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » Ooh, Shiny!

Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » Ooh, Shiny! — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:31:46 +0000

[...] If you are letting yourself get distracted by the wide, shiny world, you’re never going to focus long enough to take those sparks and coax them into flame. [...]

By: Chris Bloczynski

Chris Bloczynski — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:49:51 +0000

I’m big on finding inspiration, so I totally relate. I’m stumbling you up for this one… great article!

By: Never the Same River Twice

Never the Same River Twice — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:42:55 +0000

Great, humorous post. I do find that, like so many other things, ideas breed more ideas. Once I get going sometimes I find it hard to turn my brain off! The trick is, getting going can feel like pushing a train uphill.

By: Raymond Chua

Raymond Chua — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:13:16 +0000

The quotes are fantastic and I agree with all of them.

By: Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind)

Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:55:06 +0000

Oh true, true, true Deb!
That elusive idea glimmer that seemed so clear until you tried to reach out and hold on to it. And then it turns to slippery silk: you can sort of hold it but can’t really get a grip on it.
Not, of course, that I’ve ever had this problem you understand.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:51:30 +0000

I can definitely relate! I used to get writer’s block and I used to have a great idea that went “poof”.

Now I’m in the boat of having so many ideas that I want to write about, I get stuck on choosing one and getting writing.

I don’t know if there will ever be a good balance or if I just need to get over the list and pick something. I’m seriously contemplating a dart board for choosing ideas whenever I start looking at the list. Maybe a dart in an idea would solve the analysis paralysis problem?

By: Robert @ reason4smile

Robert @ reason4smile — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:59:15 +0000

Love the quotes!!!
Yes, writing is a hard work, sometimes I can feel like having so much idea, but sometimes that’s just doesn’t come out.
I wrote a post before, I can’t remember where, suggesting the idea journal! Bring with you wherever you go, that’s how you can write down the ideas, and put it into an article.

Great quotes, thanks for sharing!

By: Birney Summers

Birney Summers — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:19:19 +0000

An amusing muse om muses

By: James Chartrand - Web Content Writer Tips

James Chartrand - Web Content Writer Tips — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:54:28 +0000

Ha, your first sentence caught me. I thought to myself, “Poof? Oh yeah, I can relate.” Then I was mentally running down the list of all the things I do to capture ideas before they’re gone.

Post-it notes, baby, post-it notes. Follow that up with a to-do list, a whiteboard near the computer and on my fridge, and a scrap of paper with a pen by my keyboard. I’m debating a voice recorder for the car.

Then, of course, is the problem with figuring out what the hell I jotted down two days after the action. “Nod 65 for Copy… What the hell? Harry, what’s this for?”

“Nod 65? What the hell is that?”

“I have no friggin’ idea. Apparently I was supposed to write something about it…”

So it’s not lack of ideas that are my issue. It’s managing them