I’m staying at a resort in northern Thailand, there are many activities including encounters with elephants and boat rides to Laos. As I was scanning the list of options, I noticed a rice planting experience: Try your hand at Thailand’s age-old rice cultivation methods in our resort’s private rice paddy I haven’t decide yet if I want to try it…
Month: September 2015
What’s slowing down your writing?
People tend to speak about 120 to 160 words per minute depending on the context. Typing 50 to 60 words per minute is a comfortable pace. That means the only thing holding back writing is the speed of typing. It shouldn’t be the speed of thought. Write like you speak and try to speak slowly in your mind so your…
Do you occasionally hate your own work?
Sometimes you’ll re-read something you wrote, listen to something you spoke, or otherwise reflect upon your work. And this is a very valuable thing to do, but, when you don’t like something you should take pause to consider against what standard you don’t like it. Often, I dislike–maybe even hate–things I’ve created that upon reflection, I find I had no…