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Kristi Keller 🇨🇦's avatar

This is a really good piece of advice. And you're right, we all have so many stories buried inside. When I joined Medium in 2019 I was shocked at how many stories I could pull out of my a$$ and publish almost daily. Life is the longest thing we'll ever do! There's a story every day if you let there be one!

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Tom Kuegler's avatar

Yes exactly! The whole "I don't know what to write about" excuse a lot of writers give is understandable, but at the same time it's not understandable for me. We've lived countless minutes on this planet and done seemingly countless things. There's a lot there if people want to put the effort in to find it.

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Carol Shetler's avatar

When I tell people short anecdotes about my life, I realize what a great life I've had. The best part, of course, is that after nine surgeries for various issues, I'm still here living it. I like the idea of my "life in 14 parts". It has divided neatly into three so far; I'm sure I could find a few more subtopics.

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Tom Kuegler's avatar

Yeah Carol!! Even when I got back into journaling recently I realized how much stuff happens throughout my day every single day. It's crazy.

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Astrid Case's avatar

Thank you I am not sure what I am waiting for

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Suzanne's avatar

Thank you. This really struck a chord. 💖

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Tom Kuegler's avatar

I'm happy it did Suzanne!

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Brian's avatar

I just started my journey with travel writing. My only challenge is finding the correct words to get others imagination to put themselves in the settings I'm writing about. But I believe with one article at a time, I will get better. Thanks for the read!

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Tom Kuegler's avatar

You absolutely will Brian. My first few journal entries (actually my entire first journal) sucked. But yeah with time..

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Jasmine S's avatar

Great article, I agree the best way to learn to write is by writing. Former English teacher here, take it easy on us 😂

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Tom Kuegler's avatar

Haha, I will in the future.

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Roland Millward's avatar

Great advice. Schools generally don’t teach children in the best way possible. It’s all about remembering stuff for exams. Little wonder, people then have to ask you such a question as “teach me how to write”.

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Sarah Styf's avatar

One of my favorite paper assignments to give is a narrative argument. It requires students to reflect on and write about an experience that transformed their thinking about something, then argue for their new perspective. While I require research to back up their new POV, it's really about learning to tell their story, reflect on what that story means, and give that story a purpose. I'm hoping I'll be able to bring that assignment back for my dual credit students next year.

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