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๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐
๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐
Iโll be honest, the reasons why you should write
And work on improving your writing ability
Are as self-evident to me as the reasons why you should exercise
Or eat.
But that being said, letโs count the ways...
And work on improving your writing ability
Are as self-evident to me as the reasons why you should exercise
Or eat.
But that being said, letโs count the ways...
๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ
The low level anxiety and depression that many feel are a result of ruminating on half-formed thoughts and worries.
When you get them out on to the page you can see them for what they are.
You can explore them...
The low level anxiety and depression that many feel are a result of ruminating on half-formed thoughts and worries.
When you get them out on to the page you can see them for what they are.
You can explore them...
When you write out your troubles you defang therm
You make them concrete.
Doing this as a daily practice has huge proven benefits to your mental, emotional and even immune system health.
The burden is literally lightened.
You make them concrete.
Doing this as a daily practice has huge proven benefits to your mental, emotional and even immune system health.
The burden is literally lightened.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ค ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ
If I say it, it wonโt happen
If I type it into a computer, it might happen
If I write it out with pen and paper it WILL happen
This has been my experience time and again.
If I say it, it wonโt happen
If I type it into a computer, it might happen
If I write it out with pen and paper it WILL happen
This has been my experience time and again.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฉ
Timed expressive writing is HIIT for the brain
And sustained daily efforts at trying to express yourself as c
Clearly,
Powerfully
and
Poetically
as possible is like resistance training
Train your mind.
Timed expressive writing is HIIT for the brain
And sustained daily efforts at trying to express yourself as c
Clearly,
Powerfully
and
Poetically
as possible is like resistance training
Train your mind.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก
Anyone who has ever journalled will know that the main reaction you have is
โWhy didnโt I start doing this years ago?โ
Think about it...
Anyone who has ever journalled will know that the main reaction you have is
โWhy didnโt I start doing this years ago?โ
Think about it...
Imagine having access to your own personal account of decades of
Triumphs,
Failures,
Lessons,
Fun times,
Profound experiences,
Tragedies overcome
How valuable would that be?
To both you and your loved ones.
Triumphs,
Failures,
Lessons,
Fun times,
Profound experiences,
Tragedies overcome
How valuable would that be?
To both you and your loved ones.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ
And Vice Versa.
As you write, you begin to appreciate the craft more & what the masters achieved.
The same way that playing sports makes you appreciate the feats of great athletes
You become a more attentive reader
And Vice Versa.
As you write, you begin to appreciate the craft more & what the masters achieved.
The same way that playing sports makes you appreciate the feats of great athletes
You become a more attentive reader
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ซ
I believe you should learn as if you something as if you have to teach it
And this means you need to write notes
Highlight books
Write out key passages
Summarise
Create a commonplace
This makes all the difference
I believe you should learn as if you something as if you have to teach it
And this means you need to write notes
Highlight books
Write out key passages
Summarise
Create a commonplace
This makes all the difference
๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ
Everything is narrative.
Politics is an arms race of competing stories
Ads are fables of discontent & redemption through purchase...
Everything is narrative.
Politics is an arms race of competing stories
Ads are fables of discontent & redemption through purchase...
Learn how stories work and you learn how the world works
๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง = ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Great stories are encoded survival skills that stick because they resonate EMOTIONALLY
If you can communicate at this level, you can form a real connection with the reader
An invaluable skill.
Great stories are encoded survival skills that stick because they resonate EMOTIONALLY
If you can communicate at this level, you can form a real connection with the reader
An invaluable skill.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง
This is the takeaway.
Honing your writing and storytelling makes you more balanced, more grateful, mentally sharper, more emotionally self-reliant and able to connect with others on a higher level
Need I say more?
This is the takeaway.
Honing your writing and storytelling makes you more balanced, more grateful, mentally sharper, more emotionally self-reliant and able to connect with others on a higher level
Need I say more?
Iโm sure there are many more reasons why you should write.
Feel free to chime in with any Iโve missed.
And remember:
If you tweet you are- by definition- a writer.
And if you want to improve at this
Then follow @thomasjbevan1
Cheers.
Feel free to chime in with any Iโve missed.
And remember:
If you tweet you are- by definition- a writer.
And if you want to improve at this
Then follow @thomasjbevan1
Cheers.
