by Sam Dounis | Mar 19, 2018 | About Sam, Blogging, Edinburgh, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
During Snowmageddon a few weeks ago, I massively misjudged my fellow human’s capacity for panic-buying. As a result, I ran perilously close to running out of milk for my porridge, the husband almost had to drink short blacks instead of lattes, and the veg for...
by Sam Dounis | Mar 13, 2018 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
Any sales course worth its salt will feature a section on buyer behaviour. Research shows that when people are buying something that costs more than a few pounds, they need a number of good reasons to do so. Reasons that resonate with them and move them closer to...
by Sam Dounis | Mar 6, 2018 | About Sam, Blogging, Edinburgh, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
When I’m writing a blog post, I like to take my time, sit down at my desk, scribble a few ideas in my notepad, choose one and draft it out. Maybe I’ll have been for a walk in the sunlit countryside to get some inspiration. Once I’ve drafted the post,...
by Sam Dounis | Mar 5, 2018 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
Blogging is as hard or as easy as you want to make it. It’s easy because all a blog post really consists of is a story, and we tell stories all the time. But we can choose to make it hard for ourselves by judging the story – is it good enough, or right...
by Sam Dounis | May 23, 2017 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
Whether you’re writing fact or fiction, these five lessons I’ve learned are invaluable. It’s easy to become overwhelmed by all the choices When you write, you’re faced with a myriad of choices, and the key is not to become overwhelmed by...
by Sam Dounis | May 15, 2017 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
As a writer it’s really important that I’m able to focus. When I need to. At will. And to be honest, that’s not always easy. For a start I have a very active imagination, and at any moment it can catch me unawares and transport me somewhere I’m...
