The Pomodoro Technique by Greg Head
/via youtube.com
Ten rules for writing fiction continued
/1 When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.
2 When an adult, try to read your own work as a stranger would read it, or even better, as an enemy would.
3 Don’t romanticise your “vocation”. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no “writer’s lifestyle”. All that matters is what you leave on the page.
4 Avoid your weaknesses. But do this without telling yourself that the things you can’t do aren’t worth doing. Don’t mask self-doubt with contempt.
5 Leave a decent space of time between writing something and editing it.
6 Avoid cliques, gangs, groups. The presence of a crowd won’t make your writing any better than it is.
7 Work on a computer that is disconnected from the internet.
8 Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.
9 Don’t confuse honours with achievement.
10 Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand – but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.
via guardian.co.uk
More advice via the link.
Stephen Fry: What I Wish I Had Known When I Was 18
/With wit and wisdom Stephen Fry touches on technology, social media, blog comments and trolling, philosophy, religion, goal-setting and more within 30 minutes. I admire Stephen Fry and he is in my top five of people I would love to have dinner with. Another great post by Open Culture.
via openculture.com
Education (A TED Remix)
/Some of the most engaging, talented and motivating people I know are teachers. I know people that left careers in corporate marketing to teach. Teachers that spend their days educating the artists of tomorrow. Teachers that defy conventional methods and go out of their way to inspire a sense of autodidactic curiosity in everyone they meet. What have you learned today? And most importantly, what have you taught today?
The TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment and Design) brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes.) Each conference is structured around an overarching idea. A TED Remix is a new juxtaposition of talks around a specific theme.
Related:
Ken Robinson: web, wiki
Adora Svitak: web, wiki, twitter
Temple Grandin: web, wiki
Liz Coleman: wiki
Dan Meyer: blog
Ken Robinson’s The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
Adora Svitak’s Flying Fingers: Master the Tools of Learning Through the Joy of Writing
Temple Grandin’s The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger’s
