Comments on: Clearer Writing: Dare to be Blue http://blueduckcopy.com/2008/11/11/clearer-writing-dare-to-be-blue/ SEO writing services, tips, and blog management for online businesses Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:55:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Scott http://blueduckcopy.com/2008/11/11/clearer-writing-dare-to-be-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-6919 Scott Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:15:39 +0000 http://blueduckcopy.com/?p=453#comment-6919 First...let me say, I gave up on the Kool Aid after that last big party I attended. :)<br><br>I just wanted to say thanks. Just when I needed to hear it, you stuck it out there. <br><br>I've been trying to find my influence and voice since I started The Ever-Changing Thought. I missed it. Several times I missed it, until recently. You have just drove the point on home, made it more meaningful, more OK. I don't want to be like "the world' and I won't. God IS my influence. I should have known, there's NO way I could do this on my own.<br><br>-Scott<br><br><abbr><em>Scott´s last spectacular blog post..<a href="http://tecthought.com/2008/11/10/what-is-my-purpose/" rel="nofollow">What Is My Purpose</a></em></abbr> First…let me say, I gave up on the Kool Aid after that last big party I attended. :)

I just wanted to say thanks. Just when I needed to hear it, you stuck it out there.

I've been trying to find my influence and voice since I started The Ever-Changing Thought. I missed it. Several times I missed it, until recently. You have just drove the point on home, made it more meaningful, more OK. I don't want to be like “the world' and I won't. God IS my influence. I should have known, there's NO way I could do this on my own.

-Scott

<abbr>Scott´s last spectacular blog post..What Is My Purpose</abbr>

]]> By: Jamie http://blueduckcopy.com/2008/11/11/clearer-writing-dare-to-be-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Jamie Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:17:40 +0000 http://blueduckcopy.com/?p=453#comment-426 Scott, :D Glad you're finding your way. Hang in there. Sean, confidence is a big sticking point for some. I had great coaches along the way who believed in me. That helped more than I can describe. Scott, :D Glad you’re finding your way. Hang in there.

Sean, confidence is a big sticking point for some. I had great coaches along the way who believed in me. That helped more than I can describe.

]]> By: Writer Dad http://blueduckcopy.com/2008/11/11/clearer-writing-dare-to-be-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Writer Dad Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:50:39 +0000 http://blueduckcopy.com/?p=453#comment-423 Nothing is more important (for a writer) than finding our voice, and nothing can get us their (in my opinion) faster than confidence. Writer Dad did that for me; validated everything Daisy had told me for so many years. I thank the audience every day, because I truly have no idea where I'd be without them. <abbr><em>Writer Dad´s last spectacular blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WriterDad/~3/445121409/" rel="nofollow">Bright Ideas</a></abbr></em> Nothing is more important (for a writer) than finding our voice, and nothing can get us their (in my opinion) faster than confidence. Writer Dad did that for me; validated everything Daisy had told me for so many years. I thank the audience every day, because I truly have no idea where I’d be without them.

Writer Dad´s last spectacular blog post..Bright Ideas

]]> By: Scott http://blueduckcopy.com/2008/11/11/clearer-writing-dare-to-be-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Scott Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:34:24 +0000 http://blueduckcopy.com/?p=453#comment-421 First...let me say, I gave up on the Kool Aid after that last big party I attended. :) I just wanted to say thanks. Just when I needed to hear it, you stuck it out there. I've been trying to find my influence and voice since I started The Ever-Changing Thought. I missed it. Several times I missed it, until recently. You have just drove the point on home, made it more meaningful, more OK. I don't want to be like "the world' and I won't. God IS my influence. I should have known, there's NO way I could do this on my own. -Scott <abbr><em>Scott´s last spectacular blog post..<a href="http://tecthought.com/2008/11/10/what-is-my-purpose/" rel="nofollow">What Is My Purpose</a></abbr></em> First…let me say, I gave up on the Kool Aid after that last big party I attended. :)

I just wanted to say thanks. Just when I needed to hear it, you stuck it out there.

I’ve been trying to find my influence and voice since I started The Ever-Changing Thought. I missed it. Several times I missed it, until recently. You have just drove the point on home, made it more meaningful, more OK. I don’t want to be like “the world’ and I won’t. God IS my influence. I should have known, there’s NO way I could do this on my own.

-Scott

Scott´s last spectacular blog post..What Is My Purpose

]]> By: Jamie http://blueduckcopy.com/2008/11/11/clearer-writing-dare-to-be-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Jamie Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:19:30 +0000 http://blueduckcopy.com/?p=453#comment-418 Lance, I like your different. Sing all you want here. I'll bellow with you :) Lance, I like your different. Sing all you want here. I’ll bellow with you :)

]]> By: Lance http://blueduckcopy.com/2008/11/11/clearer-writing-dare-to-be-blue/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Lance Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:43:49 +0000 http://blueduckcopy.com/?p=453#comment-417 "Happy Feet" - a great example of "dare to be blue" (or whatever your true color is)! It's easy to say...harder to do... Why? Maybe (for me) a fear of being "different". And I know, Jamie, different is what we all are. No two people are alike. Maybe it's the vulnerability that's there. Still... All this said, I am getting much better at chipping away the colors that are just painted on "over the top". And, to a large degree, writing is what is getting me there. Clearer writing. Writing that speaks "me". It's been a journey of getting here, of feeling comfortable here. And it is also freeing to have gotten here (although "here" is not the end - the journey continues)...as it does for all of us...it's just a matter of which directions our journey is taking us in...I'm going for authentic...and real... Even if that means dancing when the world say I "should" sing...(and you don't want to hear me sing!) <abbr><em>Lance´s last spectacular blog post..<a href="http://www.jungleoflife.com/2008/11/11/believe-in-yourself/" rel="nofollow">Believe In Yourself</a></abbr></em> “Happy Feet” – a great example of “dare to be blue” (or whatever your true color is)! It’s easy to say…harder to do…

Why?

Maybe (for me) a fear of being “different”. And I know, Jamie, different is what we all are. No two people are alike. Maybe it’s the vulnerability that’s there. Still…

All this said, I am getting much better at chipping away the colors that are just painted on “over the top”.

And, to a large degree, writing is what is getting me there. Clearer writing. Writing that speaks “me”. It’s been a journey of getting here, of feeling comfortable here. And it is also freeing to have gotten here (although “here” is not the end – the journey continues)…as it does for all of us…it’s just a matter of which directions our journey is taking us in…I’m going for authentic…and real…

Even if that means dancing when the world say I “should” sing…(and you don’t want to hear me sing!)

Lance´s last spectacular blog post..Believe In Yourself

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