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Inspiration

May 4, 2009 by BECCA PUGLISI

Sometimes you get exactly what you need at just the right time. Me, I was feeling pretty down after the latest twist in my kitchen reno nightmare (water damage from a leaky dishwasher hose after it was serviced due to a different problem caused by the installers of our cabinetry). I won’t go into the gory details details, but lets just say if kitchen renos were Horror movies, mine would do very well at the box office.

Anyway, in the doldrums over more setbacks, I decided that it was time to clear out an inbox of an email account overrun by spam just to feel that there was something orderly about my day. As I waded through the spam bot stomping grounds, I found an email from my aunt with a YouTube link titled, Inspiration.

Have a watch, thinking about the practice, dedication, ups and downs it must have taken Danny MacAskill to get to this level of mastery. Doesn’t it remind you of the writer’s journey?

BECCA PUGLISI
BECCA PUGLISI

Becca Puglisi is an international speaker, writing coach, and bestselling author of The Emotion Thesaurus and its sequels. Her books are available in five languages, are sourced by US universities, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, editors, and psychologists around the world. She is passionate about learning and sharing her knowledge with others through her Writers Helping Writers blog and via One Stop For Writers—a powerhouse online library created to help writers elevate their storytelling.

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Filed Under: Focus, Writer's Attitude

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  1. Bish Denham says

    May 5, 2009 at 9:59 am

    Wow! Wow! and WOW! Hubby was going “Holy smokes! Send me that link!

    Thanks, needed the up-lift.

  2. Angela says

    May 4, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    LOL, I wouldn’t want to be his mother, either. Or pay his tire bills. But oh how amazing! I showed this to my kids to illustrate anything is possible if you work at it. 🙂

  3. queenofmean says

    May 4, 2009 at 7:20 pm

    I can only imagine how long it must have taken him to accomplish those feats. And wouldn’t want to be his mother. How many times did he come home bleeding and/or with broken bones? You got to love the determination, though!

  4. Keri Mikulski says

    May 4, 2009 at 7:02 pm

    Amazing. 🙂 Thanks for the link.

  5. Vijaya says

    May 4, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    Beautiful … truly, it takes courage to get up after you fall and do it all over again.

    Thanks.

  6. Windsong says

    May 4, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    *sympathy cookies*

    Thanks for the link!

  7. C.R. Evers says

    May 4, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    Wow! I’m amazed at what people can do w/ enough dedication and determination!

  8. Kelly says

    May 4, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    Keep trying is right!
    (but thank goodness I can’t get bruises from writing-maybe some on my ego-but man, I wonder how many scrapes that kid got at first?!)

  9. PJ Hoover says

    May 4, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    That is awesome!!!!! Wow!

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