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Dec 30
Conceive, Believe, then Achieve
“Whatever you can conceive, and believe, you can achieve, through hard work and a positive mental attitude.” W. Clement Stone. CONCEIVE IT: The first step in manifesting your destiny is to conceive of what you want. This means taking the time to think about what you want to achieve and how you want to live …
Dec 28
Surefire Hacks to Supercharge Your Writing
This article is for all the writers who want to improve their writing skills. It will provide tips and tricks on how to write better, faster, and smarter. Some of the tips and trade secrets that will be discussed in this article are: How to write more efficiently. How to use your time wisely. How …
Dec 25
Writing and Editing Services
WRITING SERVICES: Services offered at CJB Writing Services include Web Content Writing, including SEO-Content, Broad Content Writing, Blog Posts, Product Descriptions, Product Reviews, and Custom Writing Services. EDITING SERVICES: Freelance Editing Services include Proofreading, Copy Editing, and Line Editing, for your stories and articles, for your Websites and Blogs. I will edit full booklength manuscripts, …
Nov 04
Writing To Understand The World
WRITING TO SORT IT ALL OUT: A famous writer once wrote that writers write to understand the world. I believe that this is an incontestable truth. There’s simply too much documented evidence that we writers think with our fingers, per se. As Natalie Goldberg says in her seminal books “Writing Down The Bones” and “Wild …
Oct 23
ADHD and Creativity as an Older Creative
Confessions of a Grizzled Newbie As I’ve said in previous posts, I’m a veteran writer, because I’ve been writing seriously since I was 14, which was in 1973, and I’ve been writing for publication since 1982. However, I’ve never earned my living from my writing, so I’m also a newb in that sense. I suspect …
Oct 23
ADHD AND CREATIVITY
BLAME IT ON THE A.D.D. You can find many, many more detailed, well-thought out and balanced articles online than what this article will be. My focus… or lack of focus… ba dump-bump… RIMSHOT… is going to be more personal. This article is about how ADHD affects ME, especially when it comes to Learning and Creativity. …
May 18
A Little Off the Top, Part 1
There’s something great about writing for ten minutes completely off the top of one’s head. There’s no time for thinking, no time for self-editing, just putting pen to paper or fingers to keys. Just write what you’re thinking as you’re thinking it. Like the title says, a little off the top. It’s kind of a …
May 16
About chrisjaybecker.com
What This Website Is About This is the Official Website and Blog of Writer, Comedian, and Content Creator Chris Jay Becker. But we would this site to be a resource for other writers through CJB’s “A Writer’s Life” Blog, and through the Writers’ Resources links . We hope that fellow writers, editors, and readers will …
May 15
Surefire Hacks to Beat Writer’s Block
GOOD OL’ WRITER’S BLOCK One of the questions that one hears in Writers’ Groups, especially online, is, “How do you beat Writer’s Block?” The simple answer? Write. I know, I know, easier said than done. How do you write when you’re blocked? you say. It’s the same thing you do to “Write your way outta …
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