05 Nov 09 Finding Ideas To Write About
One of the huge problems being a writer, is finding your ideas. You have to be able to create an influx of ideas, even when you feel stuck. Part of having the longevity to have a writing career is knowing how to work past the tough days. As a writer, not having an idea of what to write about just isn’t an option, so here are a few tips to make sure you always have fresh ones aplenty.
Something that people are usually able to write about at any time, is an issue that bothers them. Whether a story in the news, or in your personal life, write about something you dislike. This can be a useful exercise, as it’s easy to let yourself rant. Once the words start flowing about something, they’ll start flowing about everything.
If you have a personal blog, which all writers should have, try writing about something different. If you mostly focus on your current daily life, try writing about your past. Think about the way things were before you are now. Confront some hardships, or an aspect of your life that you miss. Anything that moves you, to get those creative parts of your brain moving and working.
Try to challenge yourself. Write outside of your comfort zone. Anything that forces you to think outside of your normal box. That’s a useful activity to help you constantly see scenarios in different ways, so that you’ll always have new ideas.
The more you can force yourself to write about different things, the more you’ll be able to write. Part of writing is letting yourself write content that you aren’t confident about. You don’t always have to submit that work for someone else’s approval, but progress is progress. At least getting something out will make you feel better, and less stressed for the next time.
Tags: Brain, Comfort Zone, Creative, Different Things, Different Ways, Exercise, Hardships, Influx, Longevity, Personal Blog, Personal Life, Scenarios, Tough Days
19 Oct 09 How To Handle An Illegal Question At An Interview
Interviewers frequently ask illegal questions during interviews. Whether this is intentional or not, your answers could impact how you are received, which in turn can impact whether or not you get the job. How you handle these scenarios is just as important as how you answer the legitimate interview questions. Knowing what to do is of vital importance in any interview.
The first thing you should do is figure out the nature of the question. An illegal question does not refer to a question that is criminally liable, but rather just a question that an interviewer is not allowed to ask. Questions like these are from topics that cannot legally have a bearing on whether or not you get a job. Such as questions about race, sex, age, health, disabilities, and religion. Any of these could be mentioned unintentionally in the forming of a question, but all are illegal for an interviewer to ask you.
It’s necessary for you to understand that in most cases an illegal question comes up as a mistake from the interviewer. Oftentimes these are asked with no intention to discriminate against you. But rather these are attempts by the interviewer to be friendly, or to relate to you. This way the can get a better feel for how you would fit in with the company. But usually through inexperience, instead of doing that through legal means, they accidentally slip into an illegal pitfall by asking you a personal question.
In this case you have two polite options for answering the question and moving the interview forward. The first option is that you could answer the question. But in answering, make sure that it’s a question you feel completely comfortable answering, and preferably answering n brief. Then try to move on to a different topic. The second option is to essentially ignore the question and move the interview forward by focusing on a different work related topic of yours.
Either option works well, and will keep an interview’s flow without making for an uncomfortable situation on either side. Try to stay professional and courteous, with a positive disposition, as you always should during any interview. If you can follow that model, and not flinch under the pressure of an illegal question, you’ll be just fine.
Tags: Age Health, Answering The Question, Attempts, Bearing, First Option, Health Disabilities, Illegal Question, Illegal Questions, Inexperience, Intention, Interview Questions, Interviewer, Interviewers, Job, Mistake, Personal Question, Pitfall, Religion, Scenarios, Sex Age
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