Ask the Author: Mark Berridge
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Mark Berridge
As my book is about tackling adversity, it is the feedback from readers where the book has made a material difference in their life. This is especially true if they are going through or supporting something really difficult, but feedback from anyone inspired to make important sustainable change is extremely humbling.
Mark Berridge
I fell back into writing by accident, and have loved it.
I want to share one recommendation and one reflection.
1. Commit to the process. The decision to sign up to Kelly Irving’s Expert Author Academy elevated my writing from an idea that I was dabbling with to a deadline driven objective. You may be able to achieve that same impetus by just publicising your intentions or joining a free writing community. Success loves a deadline, so commit.
2. It is so much more than the words. I started the process wanting to write a book to help others. I feel I achieved that. What I didn’t expect was how much I would grow through writing. It clarifies your thoughts and hones your insight. It puts you in contact with a bunch of amazing, diverse, inspirational people who welcome you as an equal. It’s awesome.
I want to share one recommendation and one reflection.
1. Commit to the process. The decision to sign up to Kelly Irving’s Expert Author Academy elevated my writing from an idea that I was dabbling with to a deadline driven objective. You may be able to achieve that same impetus by just publicising your intentions or joining a free writing community. Success loves a deadline, so commit.
2. It is so much more than the words. I started the process wanting to write a book to help others. I feel I achieved that. What I didn’t expect was how much I would grow through writing. It clarifies your thoughts and hones your insight. It puts you in contact with a bunch of amazing, diverse, inspirational people who welcome you as an equal. It’s awesome.
Mark Berridge
I am focused on promoting A Fraction Stronger at the moment, but I have a number of book ideas, 2 of them more developed than the others, that I'd like to start on in 2023. Perhaps 2024 release, more likely 2025.
I need to make sure my main focus remains A Fraction Stronger for now so it can have a great foundation for its potential.
I need to make sure my main focus remains A Fraction Stronger for now so it can have a great foundation for its potential.
Mark Berridge
I have ideas bubbling around all the time, fermenting. And they reach a point where I capture them either in short articles or in book / chapter ideas I can then flesh out later. I wish less of them bubbled at 3am!
Mark Berridge
The motivation to write A Fraction Stronger was a series of waves coming together. In mid-2020 I shared my spinal cord injury news publicly for the first time, using the nexus between the displacement I was feeling and the disruption many were experiencing in that first Covid wave. I received a lot of positive feedback on my article, some being quite forthright that I must write and speak about my journey. As I was wrestling with “Really? Me?”, I reflected on the impact of the help I received and how sharing my gratitude would reward those acts. I thought about the comments I regularly heard like “the physiotherapists must love you” because I was trying so hard in my rehabilitation. I wondered “what if I could just get a few more people to try at something meaningful to them, or a few more people to try harder and longer. Imagine the benefit for them, their loved ones, their carers”.
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Mar 19, 2024 02:26PM · flag