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		<title>Writing daily</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Perhaps the most effective habit to acquire while you set out to write your memoir, is to commit to &#8230;<p><a href="http://writingyourmemoir.wordpress.com/2011/09/14/writing-daily/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingyourmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16082262&amp;post=21&amp;subd=writingyourmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://writingyourmemoir.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/sunrise.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-24" title="Sunrise" src="http://writingyourmemoir.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/sunrise.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>  Perhaps the most effective habit to acquire while you set out to write your memoir, is to commit to writing daily.  It does not have to be hours at a time, but best if  a minimum of half an hour.  Get up earlier if you have to.  It is amazing how fresh the mind is when we first wake up.  Writing in the evening brings closure to the end of a busy day and has a calming effect on the brain, getting it ready for a night&#8217;s sleep.</p>
<p>Go ahead, set a specific time in your daily schedule.</p>
<p>&#8220;What if I am not inspired?&#8221; you might ask: even if we are not in &#8220;the mood&#8221; to write, it is crutial that we do write daily.  It spurs our creativity.  Start writing, no matter what&#8230; even if what you write has no worth whatsoever&#8230; keep writing&#8230;. You might not keep this day&#8217;s words, but you will have exercised your writing skills and opened the flow of creativity.  By the next time you sit at your computer, your fingers will run on the keyboard.</p>
<p>More often than not, you will be amazed to see how within minutes your attitude has changed, and what started as &#8221; I don&#8217;t feel like writing today&#8221; will be  &#8220;Oh, I wish I had more time, I don&#8217;t want to stop!&#8221;</p>
<p>A teacher once told me &#8220;It is the time you spend at the wheel that will make you a potter.  Even if you put your pots back in the mud bucket at the end of the session, you are still learning when you are having a &#8220;bad day.&#8221; &#8220;</p>
<p>It is the same for us: It is the time spent on our keyboards that will make us writers.</p>
<p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><em>What is your chosen time of the day for writing your memoir ??  Post a comment, let me know&#8230;  It would be interesting to see if most of us write in the morning, or the evening.</em></span></p>
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		<title>First Post on writingyourmemoir.com !</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 13:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog is a tool to help all of you who are writing your memoir.  I will give you ideas, &#8230;<p><a href="http://writingyourmemoir.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/first-post-on-writingyourmemoir-com/">Continue reading &#187;</a></p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=writingyourmemoir.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16082262&amp;post=9&amp;subd=writingyourmemoir&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This blog is a tool to help all of you who are writing your memoir.  I will give you ideas, tips and writing strategies in the form of a weekly post.</p>
<p>I will not tell you how to write, but give you writing prompts, suggestions, so that you continue to write your stories.</p>
<p>Writing one&#8217;s memoirs can be exciting, energizing, but also daunting or boring at times.  We need all the help we can get.</p>
<p>This is to be used in conjunction with the system provided when you sign up with &#8220;<a href="http://writingyourmemoir.com" target="_blank">writingyourmemoir.com</a>&#8220;.</p>
<p>I hope you will find it useful and interesting.  Do leave comments !</p>
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<p>Onward, then !!</p>
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