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Contests & Activities: February 14, 2018 Issue [#8759]

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Contests & Activities


 This week: How you play the game
  Edited by: spidey Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

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Welcome to the Contests & Activities Newsletter. I'm spidey Author Icon, and I'm your Editor this week!



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Letter from the editor

How You Play the Game

Most of us have heard the phrase: "It's not whether you win or lose; it's how you play the game."

I ran into an interesting article recently on Norwich, Vermont, a town which has sent an athlete to almost ever Winter Olympics (which are going on right now) for the past 30 years! It's a small town with a great ethic. A sports writer who wrote a book about the town paraphrased Pierre de Coubertin (founder of the modern Olympics):

The most important thing was not winning but taking part, just as the essential thing in life was not conquering but fighting well.


I think that's a great idea! We tend to get so focused on winning or on our goals that we sometimes can forget about the journey that took us there. I see a lot of writing journals here at WDC, and I think that can be a great thing for writers. It helps you focus on the "now" rather than only focusing on the goal of getting published.

It can be good to stop at take a look at where you are and how far you've come!

When we enter a contest, our goal or hope is to win. We kind of can't help that, as it's the nature of competition, but we can shift our focus with some effort. That's why I think it can be good to participate in contests more than just entering. Read the other entries and review them yourself! Offer to help judge a contest (not one you've entered *Laugh* and see it from a different perspective!

Because life isn't all about winning.



As always, keep on writing!



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Ask & Answer


My last newsletter, ("Contests & Activities Newsletter (January 17, 2018)" Open in new Window.), discussed finding what you love. Here is some feedback from Newsletter readers:

Hi Spidey! Thank you for mentioning my forum in your list!!! I really appreciate it!
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You're very welcome! *Bigsmile*



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