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What writers can learn from....pickleball?
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It’s the game that’s sweeping America, and the world: Pickleball!
I too, have happily fallen in semi-obsession with the new national pastime. It's good for writers to get fresh air and exercise!
But I also find it’s really good to be learning something new.
It’s stimulating to be a beginner. It puts the focus not on “how good” we are, but on how open we are to learning.
This is a real life skill. The process of learning is the same no matter what the subject matter is. If we cultivate becoming good at learning, we can learn anything.
Including how to write really good fiction.
See, you knew I’d get to writing eventually!
In my many years of teaching and mentoring writers, I’ve found that writers sometimes have unrealistic expectations about what...
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Maryrose Wood
I’m the author of fourteen published novels, including ALICE’S FARM, A RABBIT’S TALE (Macmillan, 2020) and the six-book Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series (Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins). I founded Path of the Storyteller in 2020 to offer serious writing craft training for writers who’re ready to take their work up to pro level. Here’s where I blog about writing craft, publishing, and the writing life in general. Learn more at pathofthestoryteller.com.
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