Comments on: Want To Jumpstart Your Muse? Get A Rooster http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster-15/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:53:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A Freelancer’s New Addiction: The Power of 15 : Bizzia http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster-15/comment-page-1/#comment-346092 A Freelancer’s New Addiction: The Power of 15 : Bizzia Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:09:46 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/12/04/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster/#comment-346092 [...] you missed Jenny’s great post about the Power of 15, or if you don’t remember reading it in December, I highly recommend you give it a second [...] [...] you missed Jenny’s great post about the Power of 15, or if you don’t remember reading it in December, I highly recommend you give it a second [...]

]]> By: Do You Have Writer’s Brain Or Editor’s Brain? http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster-15/comment-page-1/#comment-346091 Do You Have Writer’s Brain Or Editor’s Brain? Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:01:45 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/12/04/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster/#comment-346091 [...] Time your writing. I’ve talked about the Power of 15 here before. But it really does help you hit a word count within a certain time frame. By trying to [...] [...] Time your writing. I’ve talked about the Power of 15 here before. But it really does help you hit a word count within a certain time frame. By trying to [...]

]]> By: Jenny Cromie http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster-15/comment-page-1/#comment-346086 Jenny Cromie Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:24:58 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/12/04/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster/#comment-346086 Julie, I can sympathize. I hope you got the sidebar done and that you're able to catch up on your sleep today. Sometimes even the best tricks/strategies don't work. I know how that goes ... Julie, I can sympathize. I hope you got the sidebar done and that you’re able to catch up on your sleep today.

Sometimes even the best tricks/strategies don’t work. I know how that goes …

]]> By: Julie http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster-15/comment-page-1/#comment-346085 Julie Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:45:37 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/12/04/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster/#comment-346085 Here I sit at 2:45 a.m., EST, trying to finish the sidebar to a piece I've struggled with all day. Yes, I've tried all of these tricks and it's not working this time. Mainly because I hate the client ... Here I sit at 2:45 a.m., EST, trying to finish the sidebar to a piece I’ve struggled with all day. Yes, I’ve tried all of these tricks and it’s not working this time. Mainly because I hate the client …

]]> By: Jenny Cromie http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster-15/comment-page-1/#comment-346090 Jenny Cromie Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:50:34 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/12/04/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster/#comment-346090 Hi George! Thanks for the feedback and for dropping by! The NaNoWriMo approach to writing definitely works. Enjoyed visiting your site as well—I'll plan on being a repeat customer. :-) Hi George!

Thanks for the feedback and for dropping by! The NaNoWriMo approach to writing definitely works.

Enjoyed visiting your site as well—I’ll plan on being a repeat customer.

:-)

]]> By: Tumblemoose http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster-15/comment-page-1/#comment-346089 Tumblemoose Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:04:34 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/12/04/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster/#comment-346089 Hi Jenny, Well this post is something to crow about. I used to try a hard boot whenever I got brain lock, but all I received for my efforts were a few bruises. I had a writing exercise book at one point. (Not sure where it is now, probably next to my exercise bike - in storage ;-) ) The book had a picture or a sentence on each page and the idea was to just write whatever come to mind for 60 seconds - typos and grammar be damned. Sort of like a ultra-mini NaNoWriMo! That time crunch really made me just get right to it and usually after completing a few of those I was ready to go. Hey thanks for coming by Tumblemoose. I've poked around here a bit and you've got a wonderful writing style and a great site. I'll be adding a link and subscribing. Cheers George Hi Jenny,

Well this post is something to crow about. I used to try a hard boot whenever I got brain lock, but all I received for my efforts were a few bruises.

I had a writing exercise book at one point. (Not sure where it is now, probably next to my exercise bike – in storage ;-) ) The book had a picture or a sentence on each page and the idea was to just write whatever come to mind for 60 seconds – typos and grammar be damned. Sort of like a ultra-mini NaNoWriMo! That time crunch really made me just get right to it and usually after completing a few of those I was ready to go.

Hey thanks for coming by Tumblemoose. I’ve poked around here a bit and you’ve got a wonderful writing style and a great site. I’ll be adding a link and subscribing.

Cheers

George

]]> By: Jenny Cromie http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster-15/comment-page-1/#comment-346088 Jenny Cromie Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:07:58 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/12/04/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster/#comment-346088 Thanks Marc! Boy I wish I had a mountain to climb nearby. I get up and walk every morning, so that helps get things circulating early in the day. And if I'm stuck, sometimes I take off in the middle of the day and just go for a long walk if I'm not under too much of a deadline. Invariably, the muse returns. I do some of my best thinking out on the trail. Thanks Marc!

Boy I wish I had a mountain to climb nearby. I get up and walk every morning, so that helps get things circulating early in the day.

And if I’m stuck, sometimes I take off in the middle of the day and just go for a long walk if I’m not under too much of a deadline. Invariably, the muse returns. I do some of my best thinking out on the trail.

]]> By: marc warnke http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster-15/comment-page-1/#comment-346087 marc warnke Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:09:26 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/12/04/want-to-jumpstart-your-muse-get-a-rooster/#comment-346087 Well said, and timely for me. Under a "need to write" umbrella, I struggle. Whether it's a blog, article, or project. I have to put myself in a "get to" mindset. Maybe it's my rebellious side needing satisfaction. I look forward to more and I use exercise as well as a jump start. A walk up the mountain with a laptop does wonders. Well said, and timely for me. Under a “need to write” umbrella, I struggle. Whether it’s a blog, article, or project. I have to put myself in a “get to” mindset. Maybe it’s my rebellious side needing satisfaction. I look forward to more and I use exercise as well as a jump start. A walk up the mountain with a laptop does wonders.

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