Comments on: Writing lessons from Olympic speed-skater, Steven Bradbury

By: Cool gadget for writers: Livescribe Pulse smart pen | The Creative Penn

Cool gadget for writers: Livescribe Pulse smart pen | The Creative Penn — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:02:56 +0000

[...] were listening to Steven Bradbury, Olympic Gold medallist, and he was taking notes with the Livescribe Pulse smart pen. I had previously seen the videos but [...]

By: Grant McDuling

Grant McDuling — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:06:35 +0000

Writing professionally has much in common with professional sport and we, as writers, would do well to draw encouragement as well as inspiration from the way most professionals in sport go about their business. We both try to perform at our best, we both seek to entertain or play to our audiences and we both are incredibly passionate about what we do. I think it is this passion that characterises us both. We do what we do because we love it and would be doing it anyway, even if we couldn’t earn money doing it.

By: Jason Weaver

Jason Weaver — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:49:44 +0000

Sports have so much to teach writers! Have you read 'The Art of Learning' by chess prodigy and Tai Chi champ Josh Waitzkin? It's full of great advice like yours. I'm surprised writers don't have coaches like athletes do! Great post!