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Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

 

I found this on Google Plus the other day (credit to original sharer), and it spoke to me like nothing I’ve seen on the craft of writing.

 

I feel exactly this way: I’m not done “baking” as a writer; there’s so much more I can do and so much better I can be, and it gets discouraging to think I’m not busting past mediocre. But to hear Ira say “Keep going”; a mantra I’ve repeated again and again over this past somewhat difficult year, plucks my soul string. I get it on the inside, I really do; I know it, I feel it, I shout it: KEEP GOING.

 

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August 23, 2011 · 11 Comments

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  1. Julie says

    August 23, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    What an amazing thing to remember. I have to bookmark this so I don’t forget about it.

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  2. Tim@sogeshirts says

    August 23, 2011 at 3:08 pm

    Love it. Never stop writing!

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  3. laura says

    August 23, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    I love this. I am bookmarking this to save when I am having a rough writing day. :-)

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  4. Alexandra says

    August 23, 2011 at 7:36 pm

    You know what?

    We’re a lot alike.

    I love Ira Glass, and also, don’t forget our mutual love of Cheap Trick.

    Next time I’m in SD, we need to sit and just talk.

    xo

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  5. Alexandra says

    August 23, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    This is so very good, so tears to my eyes good, that I’m going to borrow it for my post tomorrow, with great shouts of gratitude out to you, dear lady.

    Reply
  6. green girl in wisconsin says

    August 24, 2011 at 5:41 am

    Just keep swimming, baby. That’s right!

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  7. Mama Mary says

    August 24, 2011 at 8:04 am

    I love this!

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  8. Jack says

    August 25, 2011 at 9:42 pm

    I hate most of what I write, but every now and then something good comes from it. Keep pushing.

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  9. April says

    August 28, 2011 at 11:50 am

    Very encouraging. I think Erin was right – this video goes very well with what I was feeling last week.

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  10. Kim Curran says

    September 11, 2011 at 8:27 am

    there is something so comforting in knowing that your struggles are “normal”
    thanks for sharing.
    http://www.kimcurran.com

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  1. Sunday Shout Outs says:
    August 28, 2011 at 5:30 am

    […] post about being a writer and the fears and frustrations that come with it.  Coincidentally, I saw this video posted at San Diego Momma right after I read April’s post and I thought, well, they just go […]

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