 Contests & Activities: February 12, 2013 Issue [#5511] |
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This week: Precious Writing Edited by: NaNoNette  
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Precious Writing
What is you most precious piece of writing?
Last weekend, I took part in an rather extreme yet also very empowering, workshop with my local police department. Friday night and Saturday all day long, 20 women and I learned about personal safety in public places and how to defend ourselves in case of an attack. Here's a simple truth: we are all our own first responders. Watch where you go, be aware, don't trust a stranger with your life, and don't expect others to risk their life for you.
One of the questions we were asked in the beginning of the class was to name two things that we carried with us that were the most important to us. My first impulse was: my life and my clothes. In that order. That is assuming I am by myself. When I have my kids with me the order changes to kids, life, clothes.
Now that we've got that existential stuff out of the way - what is it really that is the most important to us as writers? Which one item of writing, or two, or three are really close to your heart? Which of your items would you want to see published? Or which of your written items is so personal that you'd want nobody to see them?
Let's stick with the pieces to publish. How are you treating them? Are you protecting them? Nurturing them? Are you writing them? Are you aware that you are the first person to see them come to life? Now that you are, get to work. Write. Edit. Polish. Publish.
In public places, you are your own first responder. In your writing life, you are creator, first reader, first critic, first person to be able to change that item's status from hidden to published. Are you fighting for it the way it deserves? Are you giving it all you've got to see it live in peoples bookshelves real or virtual? Go grab the tiger by its tail. Thrash it about some. Show it who's boss. Walk away a published author!
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For my next newsletter, tell me what is your one most precious activity, group, or contest Writing.Com. No, you can't have two or three or many.
In response to my last newsletter "Gift Points" , where I asked "Tell me your favorite way to spend or earn gift points."
warriormom wrote: I totally agree that some people need and appreciate the GPs instead of a merit badge or awardicon. I do often do that with members I know are constantly trying to accumulate GPs for their membership. I hadn't thought of asking prize winners about that, though. That's good thinking!  Thanks, Giselle, for always providing helpful information in your newsletters. I always learn something I needed to know.
Thank you, as always, for the kind comment. I can't take credit for the idea to offer gift points instead of awards or merit badges. It was Being Diane  who brought that up. It's a good and valid way to spend gift points, I think.
BIG BAD WOLF is Howling  wrote: I like buying Memberships for friends and myself. Anyone want to help me out?  "Invalid Item"
 I try to help out "RAOK Upgrade Brigade Group" with my "The Simple Fundraiser " fundraiser.
J. A. Buxton  wrote: ((tell me your favorite way to spend or earn gift points))
Because I can often afford to buy a million gift points at a time, I usually use them generously as encouragement for readers to review my stories. I know it's a bribe to pull members into my portfolio, but sometimes I do get valuable comments to improve these stories.
Oh yes, I often see your generous auto reward points on your items. Bribe, auto reward ... ultimately, it gets you reviews, which is what we're here for.
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