Five More Writing Tips

To become an excellent volleyball player, youe excellence has to be important not optional. Be specific in your intent. 

1) To write better, commit to writing better as part of your craft. Volleyballers play volleyball. Podcasters podcast. Writers write. 

2) Get feedback. Prompt ChatGPT to critique your writing, pointing out strengths, weakness, and ideas for improvement. Criticism isn't cheating; it's coaching. Negative feedback won't always be accurate. Fred Smith had an idea for overnight delivery from a central hub. His Harvard Business School professor marked his idea "C." The idea became Fedex. 

3) Writing is rewriting. Margaret Atwood said she would write and let the book marinate, sometimes for months. Revision makes books. 

4) "Bin it." If there's a problem with your story, it's better to cut it than fix it. Space aliens haven't landed in Melrose Square yet. That idea probably won't work. There are exceptions. The Duffer brother wrote Stranger Things and didn't yield to studios who wanted to cut the adults or the kids from the story. 

5) "Sit your butt in the chair." Writing is work, both creative and critical. No story exists without doing the work. The opposite goes for MVB. If you want excellence, exit the chair. 

How does this relate to MVB? 

• Commit to excellence.
• Everyone benefits from coaching. 
• Edit your game. Do more of what you're good at. 
• Do less of what you're not good at. 
• Get out of the chair to build skill and athleticism. 

Lagniappe. Get fit. 

FYI. A gallon of water weighs about 8.33 pounds. You don't have to buy dumbbells.