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...
by Sam Dounis | May 11, 2017 | Blogging, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Uncategorized, Writing
When you work on your own, it’s easy to get yourself tied up in knots when it comes to blogging. You start off with ‘what should I blog about today?’, and via ‘that’s a rubbish idea’, ‘who’s going to want to read...
by Sam Dounis | Feb 7, 2017 | Blogging, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Writing
It’s normal to sit down to write a blog and not know what you’re going to write about. It happens all the time to professional writers. Here’s what Aaron Sorkin had to say about his time writing the West Wing: “You have to write next...
