Look to your family. You should be able to mine family traditions,
family stories, even family pets, for posts.
Think about your family today.
What are some of the interesting things about your family? What story is ripe for the telling? Get your pen out and write about it. Need
inspiration? Check out some of my family posts:
Write a prologue to upcoming
posts. This is a simple method to get 2 posts out of
one. I have written prologues to many
posts. Most of them were prologues to guest posts contributed by relatives and
friends. Want
to get some prologue practice? Think about something you have read. What would
be a good prologue to it? Get your pen
out and give your prologue a try. Need
inspiration? Check out some of my
prologue posts.
Never Let A Pal Down - Prologue to Splendid Post, What!
Bow Wow. Woof Woof. Meowww! – Prologue to A Fresh Perspective on Pets
Where Juliet Pinto Beats Frieda Pinto – Prologue to Audrey 3
Move Over Michael Burry
–
Prologue to The Importance of Language Arts
Don’t write all your
posts.
What? What do you mean, Minoo? I mean exactly what I said. You don’t need to write all your posts. You
can publish other people’s work on your blog.
How? Invite your readers to guest post. And don’t stop there. If you come across a good piece of writing,
request the writer to let you publish it.
In 2011, Tanita showed me an essay that one of her school friends John
Paraskevopoulos had written. I loved it,
and asked her to ask him to let me publish it on my blog. The 322 posts on my
blog include John’s post.
Look for connections. How is your life intertwined with someone else’s?
How is something like something else? Explore
the connections between x and y to come up with ideas for posts.
I
found a connection between Lakshmi Mittal and myself (yes, that Lakshmi Mittal,
who lives in the Taj Mittal, and is the richest UK resident of Asian descent),
and I turned it into a post.
I
found a connection between success and the weeds in your garden (yes the same
weeds you bring out your Raid can for), and I turned it into a post.
I
found a connection between Indian spices and a good speech, and I turned it into
a post.
Last
but not least, Jacinta, who is both a relative through marriage, and more than
that, a friend, sent me a post on how her life was intertwined with one
of the students in the school where she taught. The post, Kushboo, brought a
lump to my throat, and will bring a lump to your throat as well.
Pass on your knowledge. Based on your career, background, exposure,
and interests, you will have knowledge you can pass on. Pass
this knowledge on. Don’t keep it to
yourself. Life is a discovery. You will
find new things to pass on every day. Even
just making mention of something could expand someone’s horizons. So go for it.
Need inspiration? Check out some of the
posts in which I passed on nuggets of information.
In The Element of Putting Our Plans Into Motion and Its Hope for Unexpected and Exciting Developments, I made mention about
Intermittent Fasting.
In 5 Secrets to Buying A Used Car With Confidence,
I told you about resources you can use to buy a used car.
In
Psst....Want To Know How Your Hiring Strategy Compares With Google's?, I told you about Google’s Lake Wobegon
hiring strategy.
In
Advice from a Retired Elf to an Aspiring Elf, I dropped a nugget about Dr. Ronesh Sinha’s South Asian Health
Solution, and how to understand glucose metabolism.
In
How Pete is Voting, I told you about
a Bay Area resident, who has been educating everyone on the propositions on the state ballot, since 1980.
In The Element of Understanding How We Feel and Think is Not Going to Be How We Will Always Feel and Think and its Hope for Being Less Rigid, I dropped a nugget about Terminal Wealth Dispersion.
Put on your therapist
hat. Like it or not, there are many situations in
which you will be forced to play amateur psychologist. Bring those skills to the fore. Analyze the choices people make – whether it’s
cars, stars, or even the daily cuppa. In
no time, you will have an amusing, if not, thought-provoking post. Need inspiration? Check out some posts,
in which I channeled my inner amateur psychologist...
What Your Starbucks Drink Says About You
What Your Starbucks Drink Says About You
Write About People You
Admire. Do
you admire someone? Don’t waste an
opportunity. Create an homage to them in
print. Need inspiration? Check out the following posts:
The Man In The Bath-Tub
How to Let Nothing Come Between You and a Fulfilling Life
The Art of Conversation
Keep a Sharp Eye and Ear for
Everything You See and Hear. Anything
you see and hear can become a post. Interesting
observations and experiences are just asking to be told. When my daughter told me this story, I couldn’t
wait to publish it…..
On
one of my assignments, I couldn’t believe the number of different acronyms I
had heard in one day; and I couldn’t wait to tell my readers about it in OMG - You've Been Acked.
I also enjoyed telling my friend Helen's story (and Emilio Estefan's story) in The Element of Independence and Its Hope For Becoming All We Are Meant to Be.
I also enjoyed telling my friend Helen's story (and Emilio Estefan's story) in The Element of Independence and Its Hope For Becoming All We Are Meant to Be.
Get The Audience to
Participate. Some of my most popular posts have been quizzes,
where I have asked my readers to put on their guessing hats. You too can create quiz posts, which are
guaranteed to be hits. Need
inspiration? Check out the following
posts:
Finally, Just Do It. Just write.
Don’t get yourself tied up in knots about themes, overarching concepts,
writing consistency, blah, blah, blah.
Don’t over think it. That’s the
most important advice of all to getting to 322 posts. If you have been dithering, Joseph Sestito’s
book Write For Your Lives will help you stop. Read it.
As always, thanks for
reading and have a great day and week….M….a Pearl Seeker like you. Thanks to Ajay, Shiva and Rosie for their
comments and compliments on my last post, and thanks to the rest of you for
your likes, pins, shares, tweets and votes…..Much appreciated! Happy Easter to all of you.
1 comment:
very thought-provoking post, Minoo...took us on a lovely trip down memory lane and all the great positive posts!
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