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I am a writer, political and anti-tobacco activist, and youth advocate.

I am the author of the novels Dawn of Hope and Dawn of the Tobacco Wars: the Sequel to Dawn of Hope and the Amazon International #1 Bestseller Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times which are all available on Amazon and my website: www.havepositiveimpact.com.

My two novels focus on the efforts of a female teenage activist to lessen the instances of sexual assault and bullying on and the use of tobacco products by young people.

Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times provides information and links to dozens of resources that help individuals understand how they can have a positive impact during these divisive times.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Peter Prichard There are a few ways I deal with writer's block. The first is by keeping a journal in which I write regularly. I have been doing that for forty years.…moreThere are a few ways I deal with writer's block. The first is by keeping a journal in which I write regularly. I have been doing that for forty years. Writing in the journal gets me into a writing rhythm that often leads into the fiction and non-fiction writing I do. Journal writing also generates ideas for my other writing. The second technique is to surround my writing space with inspirational quotes. One of the most powerful was sent to me by a writing friend and colleague - Sit Down. Shut Up. Write. Don't Stop. I am looking at it as I write this. A third technique is writing down the time wasters that are part of my make up. Since I now know these intimately I know when to stop them when I start them. Finally, I regularly do Mind Mapping, a visual brainstorming technique that gets one out of the logical thinking process which frees up the creative. I have broken out of writer's block multiple times by sitting down and going through my mind mapping regimen. There are many resources online for how to do that technique.(less)

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Peter Prichard Four key ingredients come to mind - self-awareness, expansive knowledge, creativity, and impact. I love the fact that being a writer of fiction and no…moreFour key ingredients come to mind - self-awareness, expansive knowledge, creativity, and impact. I love the fact that being a writer of fiction and non-fiction requires me to know myself very well, to be honest about what has happened to me in the past and how I really dealt with it and how I might deal with it in what I am writing. I love the fact that I have to be knowledgeable about many things in order to create a credible story. The creativity is a given and for me figuring out how to access the creativity within is a puzzle I love solving. Finally, there is the possibility of impacting individuals around something that is important to me and others. There are two personal mission statements I have created for myself based on Stephen Covey's second habit in his powerful book The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. In that habit he shows you how to create a personal mission statement which is so important for writers; why are you doing what you are doing? First, I am writing in an attempt to lessen the instances of sexual assault and bullying on and use of tobacco products by young people. My other mission is to help individuals understand that they can make a difference in the world if they choose to do so. The heroine in my two novels understands both. Making that happen was so energizing and fulfilling as a writer.(less)

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“If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.”
― Peter Prichard

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“Novelist Sinclair Lewis was supposed to deliver an hour-long lecture to a group of college students who planned to be writers. Lewis opened his talk with the question:
How many of you really intend to be writers?
All hands went up.
In that case, said Lewis, my advice to you is to go home and write.
With that, he left.
Bits and Pieces-March 1997”
― Peter Prichard

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“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself”
― D.H. Lawrence

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
― Margaret Mead

tags: activism, attributed-no-source, change, inspirational, life, philosophy, world

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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles

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“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
― Anais Nin

tags: courage, life

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“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because inspite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will distroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if i look up into the heavans, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again. In the mean time, I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the day will come when I shall be able to carry them out." ~Anne Frank”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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