Comments on: When it’s blank! http://www.mjva.ca/thevavoice/coaches-corner/when-it%e2%80%99s-blank/ Supporting Business Success Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mary-Lou Ashton http://www.mjva.ca/thevavoice/coaches-corner/when-it%e2%80%99s-blank/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Mary-Lou Ashton Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:37:07 +0000 http://www.mjva.ca/thevavoice/?p=373#comment-295 Well I can certainly attest to the inappropriate stuff! LOL Great tips my friend. I have been there and find it's better to walk away to look for inspiration. The writing is a lot better when I do. MLA Well I can certainly attest to the inappropriate stuff! LOL Great tips my friend. I have been there and find it’s better to walk away to look for inspiration. The writing is a lot better when I do.

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]]> By: Bev McCrostie http://www.mjva.ca/thevavoice/coaches-corner/when-it%e2%80%99s-blank/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Bev McCrostie Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:18:42 +0000 http://www.mjva.ca/thevavoice/?p=373#comment-294 Michelle, some of my favorite tricks for putting something on that blank page staring at me are to create the title page, set up the headers and footers, search for just the right graphic to insert, begin at the end with my concluding paragraph, or search for a quote that really speaks to me (and hopefully speaks to my readers). In other words, I waste a bit of time hoping for some inspiration to strike, but at least I'm doing something. One of the mistakes I have made to get me in the writing spirit is to read other blogs or articles on the same topic. Yikes! It feels like everything has been said already, and I can't think of one new angle I could possibly take. Michelle, some of my favorite tricks for putting something on that blank page staring at me are to create the title page, set up the headers and footers, search for just the right graphic to insert, begin at the end with my concluding paragraph, or search for a quote that really speaks to me (and hopefully speaks to my readers). In other words, I waste a bit of time hoping for some inspiration to strike, but at least I’m doing something.
One of the mistakes I have made to get me in the writing spirit is to read other blogs or articles on the same topic. Yikes! It feels like everything has been said already, and I can’t think of one new angle I could possibly take.

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