What you’ve been doing in your practice to fit in and stand out?
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...a few fit-in-stand-out things I have done for growth/development in my writing practice have been...
1) working authentically (aka say what you want to say, that only you can say, unless of course you hire a self impersonator in which case it is their job to say whatever you ask them to)
2) testing that via feedback (did I actually say what I thought I said? Can you repeat that back to me as you read it? This exercise works at gunpoint.)
3) challenge what I think I am saying (can what everyone else is saying help me understand what I am saying? Do I even need to say that? Am I saying anything at all? careful about passing gas during this phase)
4) work uncomfortably, comfortably (practice being outside of your zone, while making it easy to get in that zone. I write once a week with my arm in a pirahna tank.)
5) participate (the only way to build a community is to be in one -- unless you are a czar or a cult leader or other archetypes that start with the letter "C")
Where do you think you are right now percentage-wise: more in or more out?
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...i am here and practicing/participating which i think qualifies for the in...
And if you’re not where you wanna be, then how could you adjust your diet, your relationship with your community or your promotional efforts to get there?
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...the promotion/marketing and crowd-finding is always the hardest -- but I have cards I bring to gigs, I include links on relevant posts (read me at www.cansafis.com) and mainly i now talk to strangers the same way i talk to myself...in the manic low toned high pitched nasal drift of a '20's newsman chewing a cigar telling some young kid "now here see"...
Thanks for the shoutout, Harrison!
My pleasure Karen
What you’ve been doing in your practice to fit in and stand out?
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...a few fit-in-stand-out things I have done for growth/development in my writing practice have been...
1) working authentically (aka say what you want to say, that only you can say, unless of course you hire a self impersonator in which case it is their job to say whatever you ask them to)
2) testing that via feedback (did I actually say what I thought I said? Can you repeat that back to me as you read it? This exercise works at gunpoint.)
3) challenge what I think I am saying (can what everyone else is saying help me understand what I am saying? Do I even need to say that? Am I saying anything at all? careful about passing gas during this phase)
4) work uncomfortably, comfortably (practice being outside of your zone, while making it easy to get in that zone. I write once a week with my arm in a pirahna tank.)
5) participate (the only way to build a community is to be in one -- unless you are a czar or a cult leader or other archetypes that start with the letter "C")
Where do you think you are right now percentage-wise: more in or more out?
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...i am here and practicing/participating which i think qualifies for the in...
And if you’re not where you wanna be, then how could you adjust your diet, your relationship with your community or your promotional efforts to get there?
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...the promotion/marketing and crowd-finding is always the hardest -- but I have cards I bring to gigs, I include links on relevant posts (read me at www.cansafis.com) and mainly i now talk to strangers the same way i talk to myself...in the manic low toned high pitched nasal drift of a '20's newsman chewing a cigar telling some young kid "now here see"...
hahaaaaa this is great Fis! Liking the idea of working UNcomfortably