The Piggly Wiggly School of Writing
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We are urged on this media platform, to share our successes and to share our failures as we experiment in our quest for journalistic excellence.
Nowhere is it written that the topic can only be concerning writing, and/or making huge amounts of money with part-time employment we prefer to call “side-hustles.”
But it seems that that is the way things shape up, I must say after some experimenting with various articles about cattle spit, self-herding livestock, and tent signs for ranch houses. I kept coming back to the tried and true old money-making topics of organic, meatless, bit-coin mining, and long, sensitive stories of the self-flagellation of politics.
So, as a quasi-author, I ask myself why I write this stuff. Do I write it to entertain myself, or do I write it for the couple of bucks I can earn each month?
My investment in my Moleskin notebooks is not nearly as severe an expense as buying a zero-turn Bad Boy, so I’m gonna say I must do this for a lark.
I do respect it enough that I invested the time and Bitcoin on a writing course. I decided to take the one that seemed not only fun and enjoyable, but would also be available for my ultimate affiliate marketing so that I can maybe make a buck or two myself off it.
Therefore, may I present the primary concept first, with this hack I learned at the Piggly Wiggly School of Writing.
Piggly Wiggly School of Writing, Writer’s Ranch Campus.
As I sit back in my plush dean’s chair, conducting the orientation class on a Zoom call, I explain to my new students the process of how I imagine my journalistic self at the Piggly Wiggly picking up a steak, a potato, and a big Texas Granex 31 onion. The check-out counter has a big button that says “Publish” to push when all is tallied. I will probably have three or four slides for the students to view at this point
But as I push my cart toward the cashier, there are packs of chewing gum, candy bars, and magazines crying out to be included in my basket. I admit that I’m a pushover for a sobbing Reese’s Cup wanting a new home. Once, I even saw a Pez dispenser shaped like William Shakespeare.
I begin by typing a couple or three main points in my story with large font, and start filling in the details, as they jump into my story-cart. I know where I’m going (a steak dinner,) but the various, interesting details can change on the way before I get there.
Last words.
I do have a big belly as well as a big tent, so together we craft the message of our shopping cart, often by accident, and we’re off to publication! My idea is that writing should be grounded in real-life activities, and fun to practice.
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