http://www.howtodothings.com/recent-list-category/260 A list of recent articles by category as a list. en http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/how-to-write-when-you-think-youve-forgotten-how <p>Beneath all your fears and concerns about writing, you have the same abilities that you've always had. In fact, because now you're more experienced than you've ever been before and you've more material in your own life to draw upon, you're actual in the best position you've ever been to rediscover your creative writing abilities.</p> <p>But we can't necessarily sweep all those fears and concerns to one side in an instant and just return to writing again in full flow. Or you would have done that a long time ago already.</p> <p>So how DO you get back in touch with your writing abilities? How do you even begin when the thought of writing even a couple of sentences seems about as easy as running a marathon backwards? Whilst giving a gorilla a piggyback!</p> <p>There are two key components:</p> <p><a href="http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/how-to-write-when-you-think-youve-forgotten-how">read more</a></p> http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/how-to-write-when-you-think-youve-forgotten-how#comments Writing &amp; Literature Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:09:02 -0500 dangoodwin 19240 at http://www.howtodothings.com http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/how-to-become-the-most-creative-person-you-know <p>Who is the most creative person you know? What is it that makes them so creative? Is it their outlook on life? Is it the amount of ideas they come up with? Is it the number of new and varied creative projects they take on?</p> <p>Whatever it is that makes them this creative, their position is about to be under threat. From you! Here are 5 tips to help YOU become the most creative person you know:</p> <p><a href="http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/how-to-become-the-most-creative-person-you-know">read more</a></p> http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/how-to-become-the-most-creative-person-you-know#comments Art Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:49:37 -0500 dangoodwin 19239 at http://www.howtodothings.com http://www.howtodothings.com/education/how-to-write-a-how-to-book <p>I define a &quot;how-to&quot; book as one that is written by an expert or specialist in a specific field that explains to the reader exactly how to successfully perform and/or replicate a particular task, process or activity related to that field. How-to books are always non-fiction. The essence of a how-to book is a set of instructions that one can follow to complete or achieve the task, process, or activity that is being described in the book. Based on e-mails that I receive on a regular basis from aspiring how-to writers, many are intimidated by the actual writing process itself. So, what I have done in my book titled &quot;How To Write A How-To Book (or eBook)&quot; is to share a surefire step-by-step writing process that I have developed and fine-tuned over the last couple of decades. In fact, I started developing an early version of this process more than 20 years ago when I first found myself having to write structured reports on various subjects.</p> <p><a href="http://www.howtodothings.com/education/how-to-write-a-how-to-book">read more</a></p> http://www.howtodothings.com/education/how-to-write-a-how-to-book#comments Continuing Education Writing &amp; Literature Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:56:20 -0500 fawcett 19088 at http://www.howtodothings.com