Global Event - The Story Triangle with Marisa Goudy Wednesday May 11th

Storytelling is a form of creative release.  Join Marisa at her Story Triangle webinar tomorrow. You have good work to share with your community. You want to build and audience and build a business. You're on a mission to make this world more beautiful, bearable, and bold. It's time to become a stronger, more confident storyteller. … That’s how I open my invitation to the Story Triangle webinar. Does this describe you too? Yes? In that case, I hope you can join me for the free online class coming up at 1 PM ET on Wednesday, May 11. To watch live, please visit: http://marisagoudy.com/story-triangle-webinar-2             This is a live encore presentation of the webinar I offered last month. If you joined me then or watched the replay and enjoyed it, please share the event with friends and colleagues. I look forward to having you with me live. I always leave some time for Q & A - and I need you with me to make that happen! The storyteller in me sees the storyteller in you, Marisa              join me live at 1 PM ET on May 11. (Hint: there’s some free one-on-one storytelling coaching up for grabs!) As a storyteller and a writing coach, Marisa Goudy supports             emerging thought leaders like you create content that your readers care about. When you start telling the right stories - the strong stories - the whole world opens up. Copyright © Marisa Goudy Inc., 2016. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Marisa Goudy 901 Old Post Road New Paltz, NY 12561

Lose Yourself in NaNoWriMo

How many of us have grand ambitions of writing a masterpiece? Ok, how many of us have actually accomplished that? Yeah, me either. It’s OK. It’s not an easy task. Staring at a blank page can be daunting. You can see your world so crisply, so clearly. The mere act of typing out letters, though, dilutes your world. That word you just typed, that doesn’t quite convey what you felt while imagining. No, that sentence doesn’t really show the reader what you meant. Before you know it, your inner Editor has taken over, rationalizing and nitpicking your dream to death until it’s less than vapor. Suddenly that magical world in your head seems foolish, not worthy of bringing to the light of day. You walk away. Maybe next time…

Don’t get me wrong. The Editor isn’t your enemy. The Editor is a valuable team member. After all, there is a very small subset of people that like reading stream-of-consciousness. Most people prefer a polished work, something that they can lose themselves in. There is absolutely a time and a place for the Editor to do their thing. That time, however, is not at the beginning, before the work is even created.

Think about childbirth. The whole process is a bloody, terrifying, sticky, painful mess. You can’t wash the baby before it comes out. First priority is getting the baby out. Once that’s accomplished, while you’re (hopefully) riding on that post-natal high, then you can clean and present the baby to the world.

Yes, I suppose I just did use childbirth as an analogy for NaNoWriMo. I know it’s not a perfect analogy—at least, I hope there’s no actual stickiness or blood involved. Or maybe there is. Not for me to speak on your creative processes. The point is, NaNoWriMo is about cutting out the time you would normally use to silence yourself.  It’s about putting your Editor on vacation and just letting it happen. It’s about giving yourself permission to lose control.

Now PUSH.