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mollyL
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:42 pm Post subject: I Hate it, but I Gotta Do It! |
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| If you are writing about a subject that you absolutely hate, but you have to write about it (Like you've got to get the rent together!)How do you keep your mind from rebelling? How do you make yourself like it? What? |
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Kitten
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I try my hardest to find a unique twist to the main topic or add a bit of humor, for example, if such a thing is allowed. If it's impossible to make interesting, though, then I set a goal (like write how ever many words) and then take a fun break. I get it done in pieces instead. |
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azaleaeight
Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 26
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:07 am Post subject: |
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I think your mind won't rebel as much if it understands that it doesn't have to like what it's writing. Keep in mind that the aim is to come up with the words that do the best, most polite, least offensive, way of saying what must said. |
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justontime
Joined: 08 Oct 2008 Posts: 82
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I find it helps to get into character, I write in the voice of which ever member of my family seems most appropriate. This was a great help recently when I had to write about a certain brand of car, I know a couple of people who could talk all day about car's with great enthusiasm. I focussed on the aspects of the subject that would be interesting to them. |
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flowerhorn08
Joined: 07 Oct 2008 Posts: 20
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, are you writing it for the money? If yes, then think about the rent that you have to pay at the end of the month and I bet that any hatred that you have in writing an undesirable topic will go down the drain! |
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justontime
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| Yes,you are right, the bills and the mortgage are a pretty good motivator for me too! |
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nangel78
Joined: 28 Oct 2008 Posts: 32
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| The bills and mortgage are definitely a motivator for me. I have had to write things before I have not been too thrilled about, but thought I have that due, I need to get it done. |
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atula
Joined: 28 Jun 2008 Posts: 40
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:56 am Post subject: |
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| If I am writing on a subject that I really do not like, I try to imagine I am writing for a ten year old., then the explaination is simple and tha helps me in understanding and writing with clarity.... |
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justontime
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:11 am Post subject: |
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| I find that once I get started it doesn't usually turn out to be as difficult as I had expected. |
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Kitten
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Haha, yeah, I guess you guys are right that paying the bills has its own set of motivation techniques, huh?  |
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atula
Joined: 28 Jun 2008 Posts: 40
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Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:02 am Post subject: |
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Actually if its work and you are getting paid for it...whther you like it or not...you have to find interest in the subject and the bigger challenge is to make it intresting for the readers....  |
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justontime
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| atula, you are right, it is work so you have to get on and do it well, also your reputation depends on you doing it well, so that should be enough to motivate you. |
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dutta_d1
Joined: 11 Dec 2008 Posts: 10
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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If you are ever caught in that situation, I suggest that you try this-
Try changing your focus from the pain in the work to the pleasures of it. What I mean by that is that you could think of the benifits of writing that... maybe, you could think about the money that you are making, or maybe that you are having the opportunity of learning something that you would not have learned otherwise.
If you see the pleasure in doing the work, it becomes more fun and less of a chore. |
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jag
Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Posts: 15
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| dutta_dl, I think that's his problem; he can't change his focus. OP, I'd like to know if there is a 'payment' for you writing these articles. Are you writing them for a newspaper, an online blog, or any other news source that will pay? |
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Taggart
Joined: 11 Dec 2008 Posts: 34
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:33 am Post subject: |
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I try to get into a positive state of mind, and I'll probably have some instrumental music playing that I like in the background.
I also think that this kind of project is better to do at the beginning of the day than later on. |
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annerz
Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:21 am Post subject: |
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what makes you hate it anyway? is it because you don't know much about it?
if that's the case, for you to be able to write about it, you will research. and learning something new always feels good enjoy the learning part  |
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