The Invisible Mentor

Do you ever enter contests? For the past 2 1/2 years I have been entering competitions and I have won a few. I have lost more than I have won, but for the writing competitions, just by entering, my writing has improved. No one likes losing, including me, but I still enter them.

In September 2009 I saw a notice to enter a contest to rewrite Sleeping Beauty for the launch of Enchanted Conversation, a blogazine. I went to the website and there were various ways to rewrite the fairy tale and I chose to rewrite it from the perspective of the villainess. While I was working on my submission, I was laughing and enjoying the experience and I understood what Joseph Campbell meant by following your bliss. I enjoy writing and I get better as I practice my craft. What are your thoughts, is this the same for you? Are you following your bliss?

I was one of the winners of the contest and the Enchanted Conversation website went live on January 1, 2010. Read my version, Sleeping Beauty Unplugged and let me know what you think. Do you enter competitions. If yes, why do you enter them? What are your best sites to find competitions?

If you’d like to enter a few competitions, here is a website that I frequent:

Prize Magic

Also, Hope Clark has a weekly ezine where she announces competitions, and freelance opportunities, see her website at http://www.fundsforwriters.com.  And, Gary McLaren also announces competitions in his ezine  Worldwide Freelance http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/

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