![]() ![]() Truth? They will, but only for a little while □. Many shy away from craft books because they fear “rules” will ruin their creativity. Right now is NOT the time for me to try and be “creative.” There is also NO substitute for time on the mat. I’m focusing more on “rules”, finesse and drilling the basics because I know that in time? It will pay off. Right now, I’m losing most of…ok, all of my rounds, which is tough on the ego but easier on the joints. When I do it? Eh…not pretty and NOT easy. ![]() Technique looks awesome when Coach does it. Moments before Kristen gets her tail kicked….īut it also wore me out and gave me more than a fair share of injuries. When I started as a neophyte, I “seemed” to do better because I just muscled my way around on the ground and being naturally strong? It worked…against an equally green opponent. I’ve studied other forms of martial arts, but I am relatively new to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It’s the span of suck before the breakthrough. It’s the looooongest, but filled with the most growth and change. The apprentice phase is tough, and for many of us, it takes the all the fun out of writing. We no longer look at stories the same way. In fact, most of your family will likely ban you from “Movie Night.” Everything now becomes part of our training. During the early parts of this phase, books likely will no longer be fun. This is where we might read craft books, take classes, go to conferences and listen to lectures. We also finally understand why so many famous authors drank…a lot. Woodleywonderworks Flikr Creative Commonsīut then we go to our first critique and hear words like “POV” and “narrative structure.” We learn that maybe we don’t know as much as we think we do and that we need to do some training. We never run out of words to put on a page because we are like a kid banging away on a piano having fun and making up “music.” We aren’t held back or hindered by any structure or rules and we have amazing energy and passion. We’ve never read a craft book and the words flow. Because good storytellers are masters of what they do, we can easily fall into a misguided notion that “writing is easy.” Granted there are a rare few exceptions, but most of us will go through three acts (stages) in this career if we stick it through. Many of us decided to become writers because we grew up loving books. Just check out Ronda Rousey’s 14 second record-breaking WIN from this past weekend for an idea of JUST how EASY pros make things look… With the pros? The story flows, pulls us in, and appears seamless and effortless. From running a business to playing guitar to wicked cool Kung Fu moves, masters rarely seem to even break a sweat. The mark of a pro is they make whatever we want to do look easy. ![]()
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