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CONTENT WRITER, STORY TELLER, BIG LIAR, OR SOME OF ALL

Content writer defined by twitter: A content writer writes copy for MSM, magazines, blogs or web sites. Also: Marketing content, as in blogs, ad copy, magazine articles, etc. And: Anything posted online.

STORY MEDICINE PRESCRIPTION: READ AND WRITE

Story medicine is good for what ails you. Why? Because you deserve a break. Things go bad, and you read a story about something worse? You might feel better. But what about when things are going good, never been better. What story is going to improve that?

CHEMO STORY FROM THE MEMOIR WIP

One chemo story is not much different than another: Cancer diagnosis, testing, further testing, test some more, then sign up for the juice. Not much different until it’s you, and it’s your story. So why not write it? Here’s what it looks like:

PROBLEM SOLVER OR TROUBLE MAKER

There are two people you meet over and over, the problem solver and the trouble maker. There’s a thin line between the two. Why? Sometimes it’s the same person. Then you end up with twice the problems.

TOO OLD FOR A NEW STORY?

Too old to start over? The big hurdles begin with the definition of ‘start’ and ‘over.’ To start, just to start, is a fight against inertia to move forward on a project. There’s that page for a new story. The letters won’t get on there by themselves.

HIDDEN WRITING HYPE FROM THE FIELD

  The hidden writing on boomerpdx is in plain sight. But ‘plain sight’ isn’t what it used to be. It’s not that I use livestock viewing code: “M r pigs, I c m.”

WWII DOCUMENTARIES SHOW TOO MUCH DEATH

WWII documentaries and death usually go hand in hand. That’s what you get watching video about the deadliest war in human history. But the bigger story is for those who lived to tell. Or a blogging veteran, U.S. Army, ’74-’76.

MORE FOOD? IT’S NOT A QUESTION

There’s more food on the table. Have another plate. If it’s Super Bowl Sunday you’ll ruin your team’s chances if you don’t gorge yourself. The barbecued little sausages won’t eat themselves. Grab a toothpick. Homemade Buffalo wings? Right there.

STORY BUILDING FROM THE BOTTOM UP

Story building is something you learn through trial and error? Or learn from graduate programs and writing conferences? Or reading? Lots of Reading? Don’t be shocked to think it’s all of that and more. But, where to start? Why not the beginning?

STORY MEDICINE AND THE CURE

Story medicine is what you see and hear. Think of it like going out for music: Is it, “Let’s get tickets and go see Taylor Swift?” Or, “Let’s get tickets to hear Taylor Swift?” It’s both. Around here we call that, “The Deuce.”