Plurk Your Way To Action!
11 July 2008
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14 CommentsWhen creativity, inspiration, or motivation are floundering it can be hard to push yourself into action. Do you have your own techniques to restart your writing engine? How do you push through your lull periods to continue creating content and churning an income from Freelancing?
One of the means I’ve discovered recently is Networking. It’s vital to keep ties with friends and associates who can build your esteem, offer encouragement, and can commisserate in the hard times.
All writers have been to that dark place where words feel dredged through thick mud. While motion creates momentum, stagnation tends to continue to stagnate. It’s important to surround yourself with people who are uplifting and inspirational.
Recently, I discovered Plurk. It’s a social media network where you can connect with others, chat, ask questions, share your interests and links, and establish friendships with people around the world. Social connections offer a charge of energy that can build into action if you allow yourself to go with the momentum Plurking creates.
From writers sharing their latest ideas, blog posts, acceptances, rejections, to do lists, accomplishments, and celebrations, you can gain a warm encouragement that pushes you onward.
I’ve found that and more with Plurk. In fact, it’s thanks to a friends own Plurked Writing Bursts that I bring this post to you at last. I know, it’s still uninspired, dredged through mud, but it’s a step forward, and with one step forward we begin the momentum that makes each future step easier to take.
Come join us on Plurk, or find your own social connections online and off. If you share your writing journey, roads and round-abouts with others you can create a memorable trip and avoid asking, “Are we there yet?”
Absolutely! Plurk can inspire, or just help you let off some creative steam. But now Karen-bob and Jen want to get me into Twitter!
Wow, Rebecca, I think this is an awesome post! Keep it up. We’ve been missing you! Right folks?
And, you’re right… Plurk is fantabulous!
*smiles*
Michele
Plurk is so full of activity, ideas and interaction that most often I find my writing time is spent there instead of in articles. Using some of those ideas for articles is great way to get the creativity going. Thanks for bringing that aspect to life.
@ Plaid: Oh no! Stay away from Twitter, it can’t compare to Plurk. Plurk is the best. You should just keep them tied to Plurk.
@ Michele: Thanks Michele. Your support has meant a lot to me and I hope I can create and sustain this momentum.
@ Jim: It can be hard to pull ourselves away from Plurk. I found I could take two sets of fifteen minutes and create a lot of good writing in that time. It would be fantastic to gather with other plurkers for this kind of challenge in the future.
Woohoo!! See….I told you Writing Bursts are fun and productive.
Thanks for showing us how it’s done and that implementation is definitely the key.
I’ve found great inspiration on Plurk, Rebecca. It’s already inspired two posts about Plurk and a couple of posts on writing on my blog. Happy to network with you anytime.
Great Post! Your words ring very true! You say “It’s important to surround yourself with people who are uplifting and inspirational.” I have been saying that to my students for years and some of them actually listened and believed me!
I too feel a constant need for feedback and support of the “good kind” -of course. Fortunately, I have discovered a small group of fellow bloggers/writers who feel very much the same way I do. We are blessed to have each other. I hope to continue my visits here, for I found this one quite appealing. Thank you Rebecca!
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Hi, Rebecca!
Don’t know much about Plurk, but I do agree that, until we take that first step forward, we’ll never build momentum in our writing or anything else! Plurk sounds like one helpful way for a writer to do that. Great advice!
Hope you’ve been well! Sorry I haven’t been by in absolute ages! I’ve been so busy lately that making regular visits to my favorite blogs has, for the most part, fallen by the wayside!
Take care!
Jeanne
@ Hope: Thanks so much! And you’re so right! Writing Bursts are fun, productive and awesome. *grins*
@ Rhonda: Thanks for your comment. Implementation is definitely the key. One can have great thoughts but thoughts are worthless without action.
@ Sharon: It is wonderful to share the plurk experience with you, Sharon. I think we gain so much inspiration and creativity from the people around us. We’ve got to be plugged into these kind of power sources or we’ll run dry.
@ The Fearless Blog: I really appreciate your comment! I think we need more teachers like you. Thanks for your visit!
@ Jean: I hope to see you around Plurk!
@ Jeanne: I just love to see you here, Jeanne. I can completely related to life getting in the way of reading our favorite blogs. My google reader seems to be piling up with my good intentions. I feel honored that you made time to visit today.
Rebecca,
Haven’t even checked Google Reader lately, myself — and I’m afraid to! :-/
Thanks for your kind words! I’m only sorry I didn’t make it over here sooner!
Jeanne
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