Comments on: How to use Deliberate Practice when writing – part 2

By: sumaiceck1983

sumaiceck1983 — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:50:00 +0000

8xv – Last few years I used to be so lacking in $$ and debts were killing me from all sides!! that was UNTIL I decided to make money.. on the INTERNET! I landed on surveymoneymaker p net, and started filling in surveys for cash, and doing so, I have been much more able to get around financialy!! I’m so glad i did this!! With all the financial stress these years, I really hope all of you will give it a chance. 2TFs

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:21:00 +0000

In reply to Jill Stewart. Verbs are so important. They do the heavy lifting in most sentences!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:20:00 +0000

In reply to Tan Hun Boon. Yes, this is very important. I am lucky enough to know a number of professional non-fiction writers and we exchange our work with each other, offering critiques and edits. If I were younger, I'd look for an editor. If I ever start writing fiction, which I may at some point, I will have to hire a coach, I think.

By: Tan Hun Boon

Tan Hun Boon — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:45:00 +0000

One critical aspect of deliberate practice is feedback from experts on your performance. Can you share with us how you have been soliciting feedback on your progress? Thanks!

By: Jill Stewart

Jill Stewart — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:37:00 +0000

Nicely done. I
will share it with my PR writing students tonight. Jill Stewart

p.s. as soon as I saw a section on verbs, I knew this would be useful!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:33:00 +0000

In reply to Mike Drigger. Glad you enjoyed it, Mike. I agree -- talent is a much overrated virtue!

By: Mike Drigger

Mike Drigger — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:58:00 +0000

Great Blog! It’s really helpful.
Deliberate practice requires time and hard work, but anyone can reap the benefits, regardless of whether you think you have any special innate talent for the activities you care about most.

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:07:00 +0000

In reply to Heather Beers. So glad you found my post useful, Heather. Deliberate practice takes a certain amount of concentration but parts of it are fun, too! (Deliberate Practice is not actually supposed to be any fun -- but I guess that's a matter of taste!)

By: Heather Beers

Heather Beers — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:12:00 +0000

Dear Daphne,

I’m wolfing down your advice on deliberate practice like a teenage boy who’s just had his braces removed and told he can finally eat pizza and cheeseburgers for the first time this year. THAT’S how good your stuff is.

In fact, my 16-year-old daughter and I chatted about deliberate practice and how it relates to learning history–a subject she’s interested in, but which she is afraid she won’t retain. I talked about you and your triplets as if you’d just been over for coffee and oh, by the way, here’s what my friend Daphne taught me about deliberate practice and I bet it will help you, too. 🙂

Keep those goodies coming! I’m chomping at the bit for the arrival of next Tuesday’s email!
Heather

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:02:00 +0000

In reply to Trish Barnes. So glad you enjoyed it, Trish. I am still copying Spunk & Bite. I think it will take me most of a year but it is SO WORTH IT!!!