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Fabio Cerpelloni
Приєднався 10 лип 2021
I have this channel to help writers and creatives improve their craft. You'll find conversations with brilliant thinkers like Seth Godin and Derek Sivers, interviews with authors, unscripted rambles, unedited reflections, tips, stories, rants -- anything to help you become a better writer, artist, and creative thinker.
You're welcome to join me!
I ask more questions than I answer.
ABOUT ME: I'm an Italian who became an English writer and teacher of writing. I write for education websites and magazines and help writers, especially non-native English ones, improve their craft.
If you'd like to find out more about me, my book, writing courses, private email list, podcast, etc., I'll be waiting for you on my website -- www.fabiocerpelloni.com
Thanks for stopping by.
You're welcome to join me!
I ask more questions than I answer.
ABOUT ME: I'm an Italian who became an English writer and teacher of writing. I write for education websites and magazines and help writers, especially non-native English ones, improve their craft.
If you'd like to find out more about me, my book, writing courses, private email list, podcast, etc., I'll be waiting for you on my website -- www.fabiocerpelloni.com
Thanks for stopping by.
A Book Every Creator Must Read: How I Changed by Reading Seth Godin’s “The Practice”
Encouraging, empowering, illuminating - this is a book that changed me. Here’s what I learned and how I implemented the lessons.
(Based on an article I wrote on Medium in 2023 - How I Changed by Reading Seth Godin’s “The Practice”, a Book Every Creator Must Read: What I learned from “The Practice: Shipping Creative Work” by Seth Godin)
Read it here - baos.pub/how-i-changed-by-reading-seth-godins-the-practice-a-book-every-creator-must-read-0f0712e48163?sk=7446d8930bf249d6a395a97ba44ff2be
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(Based on an article I wrote on Medium in 2023 - How I Changed by Reading Seth Godin’s “The Practice”, a Book Every Creator Must Read: What I learned from “The Practice: Shipping Creative Work” by Seth Godin)
Read it here - baos.pub/how-i-changed-by-reading-seth-godins-the-practice-a-book-every-creator-must-read-0f0712e48163?sk=7446d8930bf249d6a395a97ba44ff2be
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School Ruined Everything
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Does school suppress creativity? In my experience, yes. Here's a rant and a few stories. Videos/Books I mentioned: - Seth Godin's interview - ua-cam.com/video/DivRzYrs8BY/v-deo.htmlsi=jcMDnH2yWptQDe-o - Sir Ken Robinson's TED Talk - ua-cam.com/video/iG9CE55wbtY/v-deo.html&vl=en - "The Element" by Ken Robinson - "Stop Stealing Dreams: What is school for?" by Seth Godin seths.blog/wp-content/uplo...
What I Learned From a 100-Year-Old Writer: "The Happiest Man on Earth" (Eddie Jaku)
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If you're a writer or aspiring author, there's something particularly valuable you can learn from "The Happiest Man on Earth." My reflections in this video. Join Better Writers fabiocerpelloni.com/private
Perfectionism Kills Productivity - With Lara Donadello
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My friend Lara one of the most creative, resourceful, and perfectionistic people I know joins us for an honest conversation about turning creative ideas into reality. We hope this will help you reflect on how you approach your own creative process. If you prefer listening, here's the podcast (Stolaroid Stories) - podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/stolaroidstories/episodes/Facing-Rejection Perfect...
Shamelessly Drop Books You Don't Like
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It's okay to drop books you don't like. It's also okay to join Better Writers - fabiocerpelloni.com/private
Wanna Write Better Sentences? Here’s a Helpful Book
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There are plenty of things that could go wrong in a sentence. June Casagrande, an American writer, journalist, and editor, has written this book to help you write sentences that say what you actually want them to say. Here's my review of "It Was The Best Of Sentences, It Was The Worst Of Sentences: A Writer's Guide To Crafting Killer Sentences" a book to help you do what it says on the box. LIN...
Start a TINY Blog
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You have no audience when you journal. Your reader doesn't matter because you don't have one. You write to and for yourself. Blogging is different. When you blog, you're in the business of helping your readers. What do they want? What do they need? What do they think? Most importantly, how can I help? Your next blog post could be 1 sentence long. Your next 1,000 blog posts could be that long to...
Writing for Passion or Profit? Or Both? (With Zulie Rane)
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Zulie Rane left her 9-to-5 job in 2018 to become a full-time online writer and content creator. She then became one of the most popular writers on Medium, a blogging platform that allows you to monetise your writing. Today, Zulie is back to a 9-to-5 job...at Medium. What happened in between? Zulie talked about reaching her audience, writing for fun, writing for profit, ghostwriting overcoming w...
Why Is It Hard to Write Consistently?
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Writing consistently can be hard. In fact, doing anything consistently can be hard. But why? My partner Aloha and I had a long conversation about this and came up with 5 reasons. Here they are. I mean ... there in the video. Let me know if you have others. Join Better Writers - fabiocerpelloni.com/private/
Some Writing Questions for You
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Here's the link to the (anonymous) survey - s.surveyplanet.com/z2yvlesg Thank you for your time and honesty. (The book I mentioned is "The Mom Test" by Rob Fitzpatrick)
Someone Wrote The Book You Wanted to Write. So What?
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Someone on UA-cam left the following comment on one of my videos. "Can you comment in regard to writing about something you had been thinking about for years and thought was a somewhat novel concept, only to find someone has already written a book on the same subject? So then, you're left wondering if you have anything of value to offer on it. This is somewhat discouraging. The subject is an ov...
Consume LESS Content: With Writer, Kerri Sackville
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I used to consume lots of content. I used to listen to podcasts while running or driving, watch UA-cam videos when having breakfast, and read online articles while queuing at the supermarket. I would squeeze in a bit of learning every time I could. I no longer do that. In 2023, I read Kerri Sackville's "The Secret Life of You: How a bit of alone time can change your life, relationships, and may...
Don't Hide Your Creative Work
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Isn't it true that on a planet with 8 billion people there will always be someone more skilled and talented and qualified and experienced than us? Being the best in the world shouldn't be the minimum requirement for showing our work. Listen to my ramble for more. LINKS Subscribe to Better Writers for free. You'll get 1 short email a week to help you achieve 1 goal: become a better writer. fabi...
Answering Your Questions on Self-publishing a TINY Book
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A few weeks ago, I published a video titled "You Have a TINY Book in You. Write It." My story resonated with many people. Some viewers asked me specific questions too. This video is to answer those questions. Hope this helps! LINKS Subscribe to Better Writers for free. You'll get 1 short email a week to help you achieve 1 goal: become a better writer. fabiocerpelloni.com/private/ The "tiny book...
How to Journal: with Psychotherapist, Kay Adams
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Kathleen Adams is one of the most prominent and established voices in the field of therapeutic writing. She's a best-selling author, speaker, and psychotherapist. She's the founder and director of the Center for Journal Therapy, the premier source of education and training on the power of writing for healing, growth, and change. She's also the director of the Therapeutic Writing Institute and a...
"Avoid the Passive Voice" Is Nonsense (rant😅)
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"Avoid the Passive Voice" Is Nonsense (rant😅)
You Have a TINY Book in You. Write It.
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You Have a TINY Book in You. Write It.
Succinct, Punchy, Useful WRITING: with Derek Sivers
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Succinct, Punchy, Useful WRITING: with Derek Sivers
The Psychology of Creativity with Bree Aesie
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The Psychology of Creativity with Bree Aesie
Keep Writing Despite Your Fears: with Henneke Duistermaat from Enchanting Marketing
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Keep Writing Despite Your Fears: with Henneke Duistermaat from Enchanting Marketing
How I Improved My Written English Grammar (3 simple things)
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How I Improved My Written English Grammar (3 simple things)
Running the World's First Community for Multilingual Pro Writers -- With Philip Charter
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Running the World's First Community for Multilingual Pro Writers With Philip Charter
How Wanting to Be Original Kills Your Creativity
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How Wanting to Be Original Kills Your Creativity
How to Read Like a Writer (Practical Example)
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How to Read Like a Writer (Practical Example)
Reading and Writing FICTION Expands Your Thinking -- with Chris Walker
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Reading and Writing FICTION Expands Your Thinking with Chris Walker
A Group for Non-Native English Writers
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A Group for Non-Native English Writers
Watched this while enjoying my morning coffee, then opened the long forgotten file and wrote for the whole day (with home stuff breaks, of course) Much love Fabio, bless your heart (and mind 😁). Grateful for your work. Hope to stay disciplined in my practice (otherwise I’ll watch this every morning, so I’m not forgetting the message)
Thank you, Tanya! Happy to keep you company! 😄☕ Your comment inspired today's thought. I've just posted this: "Thinking "I must be disciplined" sometimes puts too much pressure on me. I prefer the term "showing up" a lot more because "showing up" is the opposite of "hiding". When I show up, I have the chance to connect, make an impact, and even drive change. When I hide from myself and others, I don't. I'll keep showing up for myself, my projects, and the people I seek to serve." Maybe this will make it easier for you. Thanks again!
@@fabiocerpelloni wow, it really is better this way. T H A N K Y O U!!!!!! And shut up already, it’s too much profundity and valuable advice for the day 😂😂😂 (I’m joking of course, very grateful!)
@@Tanya1q44 🤣🤣🤣I think I'm going to shut up for the entire weekend then haha!
You could make a short video with a list of inspiring books for writers (just a suggestion, I’m not implying that I know what you would like to do. What I’m saying is, I guess I’d like to watch something like that 😄)
I'm always open to suggestions :) Believe it or not, yours is already something I was planning to do!😄
What about simply having a story to tell? I am not an advice columnist. If it helps someone - that's good as well but just telling a story is good too. If other people enjoy reading it that is a big plus.
@Queenie-the-genie Yes. That's what I say in the video.😀
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The purpose of school is to turn out workers. Used to be for factories now it’s for offices. That’s why there is no passion or creativity
I am totally with you on this. I saw it in France and England. School basically aims at making us obedient to authority.Also I can remember 2 great teachers that inspired me. 1 English teacher and 1 Maths teacher. The majority, no passion, no impact...
It's a sad reality for many 😒
Please please please 🙏 marry me ASAP Barbara.... I love you very very much...
I love Barbara ❤...I want to marry her....tomorrow.
I'm sure I've learned far more teaching my own children than I did in school.
The thing about most things I "studied" in school is that I don't remember the vast majority of them. Just reading them without a teacher and without a test would've been similarly efficient. And the few things that we learned that were actually useful like practice writing a CV we didn’t get tested on anyway, so just.. add more of that. At least we'd actually be prepared for the soul crushing job life that awaits the majority of us .-. (I'll admit that certain things in maths were very very useful but they too could be taught more playfully and without the "university lecture" vibe)
My era we had to take either home economics, wood/metal or auto shop or work in the school greenhouse.. By high school they had got rid of those programs and replaced with 'sociology' and 'womens studies'. 😢
Here in the US they keep changing the educational system.. Seems like the changes have political impetus. When young, most of my teachers engaged with us to teach a subject creatively, getting us involved. Taught our history, world history and civics (how our government was structured and worked.. But they made it fun mostly, we pretended or reenacted things, etc. We learned geography of our country, the world. Math, science and had to study a second language. Book reports, plays. Grades were, initially A-F. Somewhere in the 70's ny school gave Pass/FAIL only for some classes. Now, teacher shortages, few of the basic classes, kids ignore teachers and talk back to them a lot it seems. You should see the convoluted way of teaching basic math - the 'new math' so bizarre n takes ten times as long to calculate. Homeschooling has become a big choice in the last 20 years, exploding in the last five.. My nephews are home schooled and love it and seem to be quite seriously in to learning stuff that interest them apart from basics. The state requires them to take standard yearly tests. These boys are amazing what they know about lots of things. They play sports with some schools or on community teams and there are lots of large home school groups that get together and parents make sure kids can socialize, go on field trips together etc. Big subject. Bless you for choosing to teach. 😊
Thanks so much for sharing this. Homeschooling is a great way to educate young generations, but sadly it's not a viable solution for most people. 😒
@@fabiocerpelloni Yes, my niece was occupational therapist full time before they made decision to homeschool. She reduced her hours three days a week to only 2 hrs each day, when the kids participate in upper maths classes given by former maths teachers in her large homeschool group. She works full Saturdays when the kids are with their Dad and the kids help her with their large garden/raises chickens for lots of eggs n she grows extra to sell through a small local home growers/meat producer shop open weekends in the area for additional income (plus the kids have become quite knowledgeable about growing food..) It's not easy n she doesn't make the same income but it's worth the stretch to them.
Guarani is a Tupian language spoken by people in South America mainly in countries such as Paraguay Bolivia etc amongst the indigenous population etc South America have tons of different languages across the continent Guarani in Bolivia Argentina Paraguay Aymara in Bolivia Peru and Chile Quechua in Peru Bolivia and Ecuador Wayuu in Venezuela and Colombia Mapudungun in Chile and Argentina Shuar in Ecuador etc etc just example there are loads more
I'm truly impressed how philosophical Fabio is. Each time, he brings new thoughts to us, reflecting on the high and not so high. I believe that he deserves much more than he has now: I really hope that his channel thrives. So far, I'm finding every video valuable and impactful in different ways. Thank you! Best wishes from Ukraine!
@@ArtemHahauz-nm7bk Thank you so much for your words. They mean a lot.🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for being here. I hope you're having a great day. How's it in Italy now btw?
@@ArtemHahauz-nm7bk Much better than many other countries. Yet there's always something to complain about.😅 I hope you're safe in Ukraine!
Thank you love your ramble ❤
I appreciate your message so much ❤.
You are just yourself, Thank you for that.
So much wisdom in your videos
You inspired me. Thank you so much!
I hear the Danish accent far more than the Italian one from Barbara, speaking as a native English speaker. Very interesting.
I will definitely read this book, stories from a one-centry old person, there must be something I can learn from it, thanks for the recommendation, and I got what you said about doing things you have to do without excuses, this is the concrete example.😊✌
You are a wonderful encouragement... loved the video! Yes... we are without excuse and you feel your mom is too negative. (lol! - me too and that's how I know you love her deeply, even so). Inspiration! Yes - of course, everyone has stories... I even scratched out a new tiny one while I listened to you! Many thanks. A privilege.🙏
Honoured. 🙏Thank you so much for your kind words. See you soon!😄
Very profound. Love to see your consistency, enthusiasm, and unpretentious videos! A pleasure to see you growing!
Thank you so much!
Thank you!
Thank you, Fabio! I'll read it. After watching this educational and inspiring video, I must get down to writing my tiny book in English. No more excuses!
That's the right spirit. 💪
I'd love to read his story. I started a small book. Your videos are inspiring me to keep at it, and finish the book.
That's great to hear. Go go go💪