I watch lots of documentaries such as entrepreneurial, historical, arts and several others. The moment I was watching, my mind strikes, I must search the writer’s documentary. I got a lot. One of the noteworthy documentaries was, J.K Rowling –A year in the life (TV, documentary, 2007). I just stumbled to see it. One the one hand, I felt motivated and excited. On the other hand, the real pain of a writer. When I was in my school days, I watched Harry Potter series such as Philosopher’s stone, Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of Azkaban. In that time, I don’t know, there is a book available. But now, I got to know. Oh, Felt bad. Anyway, I gonna buy probably within the next two months.

One more, interesting and important moment to share, I had seen both the Harvard commencement speeches from Co-founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg and Co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates. Then, I started paying interests on a couple more speeches. The one, that catches to my eye, J.K Rowling’s Harvard speech. Absolutely, phenomenal. I sincerely encourage you all to listen least once or one more time.

Today, I decided to write, writing lesson from J.K. Rowling. Quite honestly, this content I was waiting to write. I just thinking, thinking and thinking over the last couple of months. When I decided to write, more often, a couple of contents arises. So, that makes to keep procrastinating. For me writing is everything. I write, write and write. Still looking forward to write better. Still looking. As usual, I was thinking quite a lot regarding how to convey my personal experiences to you all and started researching a bit more. As I do, I often feel inspired to share the lessons from successful people. I took two sources to share. These are the key-take-away for all the writers.

Eight lessons on writing and five things her commencement speech teaches us:

1. Use Your Own Voice
2. Make Time to Write and be Ruthless About it
3. Structure Your Writing (Map Out Your Novel)
4. On the Use of Adverbs
5. Give Your Characters Distinctive Traits
6. Pay Attention to Pace
7. Draw Your Characters and Inventions
8. Don’t Give Up

Five things on her commencement speech.

1. Other people will try to influence you
2. Passing examinations does not determine your success
3. No one likes failure, and we all fail
4. Imagination is crucial in life
5. Your friendships are important and should be valued

Sources: https://medium.com/publishous/8-lessons-on-writing-by-j-k-rowling-dffa4e43d52d

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/jk-rowlings-havard-commencement-speech

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When it comes to skills, I’m a volunteer to seek and learn more. Quite often I would say, updating your passionate skill is a tremendous one. But the relevant skills also absolutely required. Please correct me if I’m wrong, certain skills, maybe you have no idea to do. The industry requires you to do. That is actually very good. It is like a coin, on the side, you need to upgrade your likeable skill. On the other side, there is a requirement from the industry side or might be your mentor prefer you as well.

I personally, do what I like. I feel good and happy. But once, I got to know that at some point you need to learn what is required. Your boss or your co-founder might encourage you to learn some of the skills. So, nothing wrong. There is no end for upgrading yourself. Let’s learn, what we love. And let’s adapt our self and learn what is also needed.

But today, these eight skills are the most required one. I feel this is the right moment to equip more on these skills.

Here it is,

1. Speaking up.
2. Having confidence.
3. Listening wisely.
4. Know the real you.
5. Managing your time.
6. Stop whining.
7. Being consistent.
8. Being patient.

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Mindset matters. But the environment also pays off. If your workspace seems tidy and organized. Work will be smooth. So, I usually prefer to keep my places better organized. Precisely, my bookshelf and laptop table. Of course, there will be chaos. That’s okay. I will re-arrange it again. I kept on searching. So, I have chosen my five collections. Not exactly, which are shown in the pic. But quite honestly, I started creating this kind of workspace over a year. Even more, I started realizing, how important a workspace has to be. I would say, a workspace doesn’t look like gorgeous or lavish. Rather, you can select in your own way. You can choose, colour to paint on the wall, tables and chairs, stationeries, you can prioritize the files and papers, you can have your photo frame, any statue. Whatever you like.

I sincerely encourage you all to build your workspace for doing a productive and successful and most importantly a happy work. A happy feeling, while you are sitting in the room. That is absolutely required.

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When it comes to storytelling, I’m too careful to convey. I said my stories quite a lot in my earlier posts. But most often, I ask myself, will my storytelling ends with moral. I feel, whenever I share my personal experience as a “Lesson to learn” to the readers. It should sound meaningful. It must convey something. Whether it is my story or someone’s you are conveying doesn’t matter. It must end in a meaningful manner.

The biggest mistake I was doing is the art of conveying. I started lacking. I could not able to convey properly. I struggle with sentence fragmentation or grammar errors. Sometimes or quite often, I don’t have clarity at all. But I’m still looking forward to write. I started reading more fiction stories too. There is a lack of creativity within me also. I strongly believe in myself. I have a deliberate mindset to convey a story. I found two of the paths to convey a story too.

Rule number 1: I try to convey my personal experiences. Both good and bad/right and wrong of my stories. I will start and try to convey in a good manner.

Rule number 2: Repeat the Rule number 1.

A year before, I saved a Pinterest pic. Six ways to be a better storyteller. Of course, this pic is very important for me. I see storytelling is not a strategy. It is all about saying your personal story or someone’s or even beyond saying a creative story. Every reader has to feel/realize your story. Matters most.

I will paste the two source links down below. I sincerely encourage you all to visit further.

SOURCE: https://mollyhostudio.com/blog/6-ways-to-be-a-better-storyteller

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