One article that served as the last chapter in the book was celebratory as well. It was article number 200 I published on Medium since starting writing and publishing there on April 30, 2020.
You can read it here (it is a free link, meaning that you don’t have to be a Medium subscriber to be able to read it):
Here is the ninth blog post in a series featuring videos on YouTube, where I read a paragraph from one of my motivational books and use it as a prompt to speak freely.
This idea was inspired by the free-writing exercise well-known among writers. I used dice and timer to turn this free-speaking exercise into fun games. I hope you enjoy watching them and maybe trying out this gameful approach for yourself and tasks you want or need to tackle today.
Some questions for contemplation: What are your experiences with writing your truth and taking care of people so that no-one sees your writing as libel? What balancing acts have you done in your writing? And how did this creative discomfort feel for you?
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The next step
I hope you enjoyed watching this little creativity game.
Since we all need a little cheering up from time to time, I invite you to read Cheerleading for Writers and discover what it can do for you. To look at the book and buy it on Amazon, click on its title above or this image below:
If you want to see where else you can buy it, then go to the book’s page on this website here.
Alternatively, you can subscribe to my page, Optimist Writer, on ko-fi for $5 a month, and besides supporting what I do, you will also get access to all my motivational books, which I share there once a month or each time a book is out. Right now, you can get access to eight of my books there — one upon subscription or one-time support and seven in the posts solely for subscribers. Cheerleading for Writers will appear later this year or sooner upon explicit request from the subscribers.
I wish you a beautiful, creative, cheerful, and also gameful day!
Here is the eighth blog post in a series featuring videos on YouTube, where I read a paragraph from one of my motivational books and use it as a prompt to speak freely.
This idea was inspired by the free-writing exercise well-known among writers. I used dice and timer to turn this free-speaking exercise into fun games. I hope you enjoy watching them and maybe trying out this gameful approach for yourself and tasks you want or need to tackle today.
“The chicken or the egg causality dilemma is commonly stated as the question, ‘which came first: the chicken or the egg?’ The dilemma stems from the observation that all chickens hatch from eggs and all chicken eggs are laid by chickens.” — Wikipedia
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The next step
I hope you enjoyed watching this little creativity game. If you want to find out more about the gameful nature of your mind and especially your subconscious, then I invite you to read Gameful Mind. To look at the book and buy it on Amazon, click on its title above or this image below:
If you want to see where else you can buy it, then go to the book’s page on this website here.
Alternatively, you can subscribe to my page, Optimist Writer, on ko-fi for $5 a month, and besides supporting what I do, you will also get access to all my motivational books, which I share there once a month or each time a book is out. Right now, you can get access to seven of my books there — one upon subscription or one-time support and six in the posts solely for subscribers. Gameful Mind will appear later this year or sooner upon explicit request from the subscribers.
This year, I created an online course with the same title, Gameful Project Management, with the following opening in its description, which mirrors well the reason why I created this course and the book it is based upon:
Projects are the building blocks of our professional and personal lives. So, to live joyfully, we need an enthusiastic approach to our projects. In other words, we need to enjoy working on our projects and the processes of their management.
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To celebrate the launch of this course, I have a special offer for you.
You can enroll for the current best price of $9.99 instead of its regular $199.99.
The offer stands only until April 24, 2021, 11:48 PM PDT.
Here is the seventh blog post in a series featuring videos on YouTube, where I read a paragraph from one of my motivational books and use it as a prompt to speak freely.
This idea was inspired by the free-writing exercise well-known among writers. I used dice and timer to turn this free-speaking exercise into fun games. I hope you enjoy watching them and maybe trying out this gameful approach for yourself and tasks you want or need to tackle today.
It doesn’t just have to be in words. You can draw, you can make a collage, you can type or write text in different colors and shapes. The text can be as simple as “I love you!” or “Thank you for being here for me!”, as sophisticated and long as a full-fleshed novel based on true events, or anything in-between.
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The next step
If you want to find out more about these seven stories in one about turning writing or anything else in life into fun games regardless of the circumstances, then I invite you to read Gameful Writing. To look at the book and buy it on Amazon, click on its title above or this image below:
If you want to see where else you can buy it, then go to the book’s page on this website here.
Alternatively, you can subscribe to my page, Optimist Writer, on ko-fi for $5 a month, and besides supporting what I do, you will also get access to all my motivational books, which I share there once a month or each time a book is out. Right now, you can get access to seven of my books there — one upon subscription or one-time support and six in the posts solely for subscribers. Gameful Writing will appear later this year or sooner upon explicit request from the subscribers.
I wish you a beautiful, gameful, creative, and resourceful day!
3D image and cover design by Alice Jago
