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Neera Mahajan's avatar

Thank you Sue. I am struggling with subtraction a big time. As I was writing the post an idea has been growing in my head to start a new publication on Medium. I was telling it, I have no time. I need to subtract not add. But it is not going away. It sitting by the door constantly knocking to let it in. I might have to.

Or might say to it, "Dear Idea, please go to someone else head. I have too much on my plate!" I don't know what will I do.

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Carol Seymour's avatar

Hi Neera,

I thought you might benefit from watching this you tube video interviewing the author of "Eight Crafts". I found some value in watching it myself. Thanks

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipN1lZFztYGcqsmMKX-wf1pqrcMhCS42FfVBj_PG

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Carol Seymour's avatar

Wrong link... pasted above. I'm sorry Neera.

Correct one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIpwAN8KHU

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Neera Mahajan's avatar

Hi Carol, thanks a heap for this link. I listed the the YouTube video. It took me a while to warm up to Stefan Emunds but boy, he has nailed the novel writing process. I bought his book immediately and subscribed to his newsletter. And for doing that I got the beta version of his book for free. Now I am going to match my novel to his suggestions.

Thanks a heap for sharing the link with me.

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Carol Seymour's avatar

You're so welcome. I stopped on chapter 16. The class ran from May1 to June 30. They allowed me to copy the remaining chapters off (21 chapters) and Stefan was so gracious to offer feedback on my remaining assignments as I complete them. I really appreciate him. And I also appreciate the work you do also Neera.

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Neera Mahajan's avatar

Thank you so much Carol. It means a lot to me. I was wondering if you can share Stefan's email address if that is okay. Or direct me where I can find it. I want to interview him for my newsletter.

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Carol Seymour's avatar

Sure....without looking it up...try admin@eightcrafts.com...I think you will get in touch with him. Im thinking about purchasing Robert McKee's book on dialogue. Stefan speaks highly of Robert and Ive seen some of his videos.

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Carol Seymour's avatar

Neera, I forgot to mention the Visual Thesaurus to you. It costs $20 a year and well worth it. I connected with an author from Canada and she told me about ...grammar girl.com...for all my questions about using words like so, just, whilst etc. Sometimes we get confused choosing the right word, dont we?

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Neera Mahajan's avatar

Thanks Carol, I will check it out.

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Amie McGraham's avatar

Your list and the format inspires me to head to my sketch-journal and create my own! Thanks for the rec on Sue’s newsletter. Subscribed!

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Neera Mahajan's avatar

That is so cool Amie. I am so glad you have your own list. Please share it in your newsletter.

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Sue Clancy's avatar

What a wonderful post! I agree that while it's difficult to subtract things doing so does often benefit the things still there. It is also a challenge to refrain from making the subtraction/simplification process overly complex! Ha!

I appreciate your book suggestion and will look forward to more in your future

posts! And thank you so much for mentioning my newsletter and I'm glad the exercise of listing pleasant was useful to you too! I hope your week is a creative one.

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Neera Mahajan's avatar

My pleasure Sue. Did you read? Amie, of Micro Mashup has created her list of favourite things to. You have started a chain reaction. She has subscribed to your newsletter too.

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Sue Clancy's avatar

And I just subscribed to, read and recommended Micro Mashup by Amie too! Thanks for the tip!!

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Sue Clancy's avatar

Oh wow!!! Thank you!! Thank you to Amie too!! I am honored and delighted to hear of more lists!!! Wow!!! ❤❤❤

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