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Social Media Login Using NodeJs and PassportJs
Tags: LinkedIn, Twitter, Nodejs, Passport, Facebook

Social Media Login Using NodeJs and PassportJs Purtiaggarwal Follow Jun 17 · 5 min read

Social media login is a very easy step for registering for the new apps. This allows end-users for using their existing information from social network platforms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The user can use these websites instead of creating new accounts. This is just one step process for getting registered into the new app. This also reduces the verification step for the new users.

In this article, we will see how to register using Google and Facebook accounts using NodeJs and PassportJs.

PassportJs is the library that provides authentication strategies for different social media accounts. This use as middleware in NodeJs projects.

Let’s Dive In

Step 1: Project Structure

First, create the base folder (authentication-project) which contains all the project-related files and directories.

Our project will have the server.js which has the server code, the .env file which has all environmental variables, passport-setup.js will have the code setting up different strategies.

Directory SetUp

Step 2: Initialize App

Now our next step to initialize our project by running the below command in the terminal.

$ npm init -y

Now we will install the required dependencies.

$ npm i express dotenv nodemon ejs passport passport-facebook passport-google-oauth2 cookie-session

Express: Express is used as a web application framework. Dotenv: Dotenv module has zero dependencies that load environmental variables. Nodemon: This tool is used to automatically restart the server when the change detected. Ejs: Ejs is a templating engine. Passport: Passport is authentication middleware for the NodeJs. Passport-facebook: Passport-facebook is the passport strategy for authenticating Facebook. Passport-google-oauth2: Passport-google-oauth2 is the passport sategy for authenticating google. Cookie-session: Cookies-session is a middleware module the stores our data on the client side.

After installing all the modules this is how our package.json looks like.

Package.json

Step 3: Configure Strategies

For configuring different media platforms we need APP_ID and APP_SECRET for each media strategy. The APP_ID and APP_SECRET can be obtained by creating the app in the developer link.

The developer app links for the different media platforms.

In this article, we will configure Google APP_ID and APP_SECRET.

For Configure Google APP_ID and APP_SECRET Follow the below steps:

Go to the Google console developer link https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboard and log in with your Google account. Once you registered then go to the project dropdown and select the existing project or create the new project.

This window will be shown
Crashing your LinkedIn app with a connection request.
Tags: LinkedIn, Denial Of Service, Infosec, Bug Bounty Writeup, Bug Bounty

Hi There,

Renganathan here.

This write-up is about an accidental bug that I found on LinkedIn.

So that was the early time when I joined LinkedIn and I didn’t know much about the working functionalities. I’ve used only Instagram in my life *_*

I was trying to send a connection request to a person and I noticed I can give a personalized note with the requests. I added a message with around 650 characters approximately.

But LinkedIn allows, only 300 characters. So As a noob, what I did was, I used inspect element to change the maxlength=300 value. And then I sent the request.

BOOM!

It didn’t work, what else did you expect :/

Then I thought of using Burp Suite to add more content, which is more than 300 characters in the POST request. Something like below

“message”:{“values”:[{“value”:”follow me on Instagram”}]}

And I clicked forward, and the connection request was sent successfully. Then I went to mynetwork/invitation-manager/sent/ to see the sent connection requests.

BOOM!

This worked :)

POC

So, the characters I sent were more than 300 obviously and it was sent successfully.

So, Reporting this as a business logic error won’t be good. So I tried adding a very huge request to my test account with a kind of hundred thousand characters.

I opened it from my android phone and the app was crashed.

I was like “IS THIS A DOS? VULNERABILITY”

TimeLine:

Oct 10, 2020- Reported

Oct 14, 2020- Triaged

Dec 20, 2020- Retested

Dec 22, 2020- Patched & Acknoweldgedment received

Acknowledgment from LinkedIn

Thanks for reading :)

Stay Safe.

https://www.instagram.com/renganathanofficial/
Tips for creating celebrity footprint in the industry
By: Sushant Kumar
Tags: LinkedIn, Executiveresume, C Suite, Networking, Professionalbrand

When you are at the executive level of your career, you should strive to create a celebrity status for yourself. Self marketing in your area of expertise can offer you numerous benefits such as:

Establishing yourself as an expert in the industry Opening up avenues for your future dream positions- prospective employers contact you Broaden your network Better control on what you work & who you work with Get positive references

These points would be meaningful & give you a winning edge when you manage your career keeping these potential benefits in consideration. How do you build that celebrity status? Check out these tips:

Build a platform/personal website: It is super important & easy to build a platform where you can write & publish content & blogs in the area of your expertise. WordPress is free & easy to set up. Going one step further, you can build your own website where you can publish your content, white papers & books you have written, consulting projects or any other assignments you have undertaken. Besides you can also publish your blogs & content on LinkedIn pulse. Given that LinkedIn is a professional networking site, it is a perfect place to share news, insights & expertise. You can also subscribe to groups to answer questions asked by various business persons on various topics. This is the perfect way to build your professional brand. Collaborate with high performers in the Industry: Get involved in volunteer groups or industry associations. These are two excellent platforms subscribed by various professionals & executives who care about industry & issues. This will have two fold benefits for you- expanding your network & giving you opportunity to leverage & grow your career. If you attend an industry event or speak series, make sure you introduce yourself after the presentation. Exchange your business cards. These are small things but open up new avenues for future opportunities, networking friendship which will be beneficial in the long run. Augment your knowledge base: When was the last certification you received? Are you currently undergoing a skill based training? I suggest you indulge into 2 to 3 actions/training that help you enhance your skills. Enroll for one training or certification that has been into a knowledge enhancement plan for quite some time now. Besides also check with your current employer’s training & development policy & ongoing benefits if your training can be a sponsored /covered expense.

Developing a celebrity footprint doesn’t mean you need to have or develop an ego. It’s a wise business move that opens more avenues. You will be excited to learn how connecting these small dots will make positive changes in your career moves.

PS: Originally published on www.thesushantkumar.com
Cruel Talk About Negligence:
By: Saiful Islam
Tags: LinkedIn, Twitter, Writing Life, Google, Facebook

Every human being tries to be happy in different ways some may be happy, some may not, But everyone is made of flesh and blood, everyone has a lot of passion, They are happy to be able to control their emotions, And I’m inside a web of emotions called emotion, I’m dissatisfied with being tied up collecting emotions while thinking about you. A mountain is equal to misery, Right at night, the emotion turns into colorless tears, Not all suffering is injured.

But the mind burns because of the suffering, At one point it became like a hard rock.

David Hum said, “The best thing to do is ignore someone,” and Einstein said, “Those who are weak take revenge, those who are strong forgive and those who are wise can be avoided.”

Anurag Prakash Roy said, “It is more difficult to ignore than to hate because you cannot find your own existence.”

However, at least I didn’t go down without explaining myself at first, but the word negligence can instantly end a great relationship.

A relationship that has been built with so much care over so many years can be broken by two days of neglect. The word is really deadly horrible.

You just have to be more discriminating with the help you render toward other people. You can never ignore people if you remember how much damage this little negligence can cause.

Learn to take care of others without neglecting them, but you will never be neglected.

I am still waiting for your way after thousands of neglects, you just look back once. You neglected me, and I love the sea. When nature tells you to be careless, realize how much more terrible negligence can be than death!

I will only say at the end — all negligence will end one day after my death, You’ll be fine I’ll be fine too The only difference, You will be in someone else’s chest and I will be in the grave, your negligence will be mixed in my blood.

Be well !!!!!!!!

Thanks

Saif
Download Linkedin Video without Watermark —
Tags: Linkedin Marketing, LinkedIn, Socialmedia Marketing

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Step By Step to Download videos from Linkedin -

Step 1: Open the Linkedin In of the official website in your Mobile or website and find the post that have a video that you want to download on your mobile. Noted: post must have a video otherwise it will not be able to download in a single click

Step-2: Click on the three-dot in the video at the top right and bottom corner of the post and click {Copy link to post} to copy

Step 3: the next step is, launch Downloadlinkedinvideo.com and enter the copied URL in the search box

Step 4: Then the next press the click on the Download button in a website after that then downloading process is started

Step 5: Now, you have to select the available video format which you want to load and select the size of the songs that you want to download like MP4, 240p, MP4 380p
If You’re A Stranger, Don’t Ask Me For A Job
By: Jon Tesser
Tags: Job Search, Job Search Advice, Job Hunting, LinkedIn

I’ve talked to literally thousands of young professionals (the under 27 crowd) and I’ve noticed some patterns of behaviors that irk me. Since I vowed in my last blog post to not take the time and call out each person that makes egregious errors, I thought I’d make a series of rant posts.

Maybe this will be helpful to you, but that’s not really the point. This is a way for me to vent about bad behavior because I won’t take my venting anger out on the person doing the perpetrating. Just to add some value to you, and because I’m a nice guy, I’ll tell you the correct behavior at the end.

This will be a series, so I’ll lead with the worst thing young people do.

Ask Me For A Job

Hi. I don’t know you. You don’t know me. And yet, you feel like you can ask me for a job at my company. I appreciate your guts in doing this, but this pisses me off. Let me explain to you why you should just not do this.

To start off, I feel used. If we haven’t talked to before, and you ask me for a job, you clearly only care about me for one purpose: to get you a job. Why in the world would I want to do this for a random stranger? I wouldn’t. You clearly see me as a means to an end, and that just feels icky. Think about when someone asked you for something and you were like “wait, what?” Yeah, that’s how I feel about you when you do it.

Secondly, since you’re a stranger, I have no idea what you are capable of. Why would I put my own reputation on the line for you? What if you sucked? I’d be the one that’s blamed. It’s a high risk for me to recommend you, and I get nothing out of it.

Third, other people have ruined it for you. I’ve referred complete strangers to jobs in the past and they’ve shown no appreciation. None of these people reciprocated in any way, and none of them are still in my life. To me, relationships trump everything. To these people, if you don’t provide them with what they want, they just move on to someone else who might get them what they want. I don’t need people like that in my life, so I just choose to opt out of the job referral game.

I’ve been asked so many times to get someone a job that I even wrote a super old blog post about how this behavior is just plain bad and have sent it to over 300 young professionals. I even stopped asking young professionals how I could assist them when we’ve first connected on LinkedIn because it would inevitably lead to them saying “get me job.” I’m over it.

What You Should Do Instead

Get someone you know and trust to make an introduction to me. If they know me well, I’ll trust their judgment and I’ll talk to you.

If you don’t know anyone who’s connected to me, figure out a way to start a relationship with me. Comment on my LinkedIn posts. Listen to my podcast and tell me what you learned. Read my blog posts and tell me how it helped you. Something, anything, that shows me I’m more than a job conduit.

Next up: Tell Me You’ll Do Something and Not Do It
how to share linkedin post on whatsapp
By: Technical Nayak
Tags: LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Social Medi, Share, Facebook

Sharing Public Posts On and Off LinkedIn

When sharing a post, you can control who sees it from the share box. Public posts can be shared on other sites as long as your public profile is also showing. If your profile isn’t public, your post will only be visible to members who are signed in to LinkedIn.

Important: Posts created on other LinkedIn sharing platforms that use the Public setting, such as InShare and Elevate, will continue to be visible only to those signed in to LinkedIn.

Updating your settings to allow sharing of your posts

Within your privacy settings and under Blocking and Hiding the followers setting should be set to Everyone .

the followers setting should be set to . Note: If you’ve blocked a member on LinkedIn, they may still be able to see a Public post that appear outside of the LinkedIn network.

If you’ve blocked a member on LinkedIn, they may still be able to see a Public post that appear outside of the LinkedIn network. Public profile visibility — Set to Make my public profile visible to everyone and select Posts & Activities.

Sharing a public post outside of LinkedIn

To share a public post off LinkedIn:

Click the Click Copy link to post. Paste the URL to another site such as Facebook or Twitter.

iOS

To share a public post off LinkedIn:

Tap the Tap Share via. Tap Copy from the option menu that slides up. Paste the URL to another site such as Facebook or Twitter.

Android

To share a public post off LinkedIn:

Tap the Tap Share via. Tap Copy to clipboard from the option menu that slides up. Paste the URL to another site such as Facebook or Twitter.

Note:

It isn’t possible to change the visibility of posts shared before July 2017.

Storyline and multi-photo posts aren’t currently available to users who aren’t signed in to LinkedIn.

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Your Proactive Caregiver Advocate: Dr. Cynthia Speaks!
By: Dr. Cynthia J. Hickman
Tags: LinkedIn, Serving Others, Caregiving, Martin Luther King, Serving Humanity

Caregivers: Here is a Quote Martin Luther King, Jr., Left Us to Ponder:

“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t’ have to make your subject and verb agree to serve … You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. And you can be that servant.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

As caregivers, the role often gets crowded by the many tasks associated. Indeed, it is a role of service. At times, it does feel like you are a servant to the numerous tasks that are essential. I ask you…is there anything wrong with being a servant? I would say, unequivocally, No! Many have frowned at the word(servant). The role is often depicted or portrayed in a negative way. But why? To be a servant is actually a high honor. The feeling of gratitude and appreciation is humbling. There are no masters in the caregiving space, only caring individuals who want to make a difference in the life of others.

In our current COVID-19 climate, we have begged and pleaded for people to serve mankind by simply wearing a mask, social distance, stay within your family bubble, and wash ones’ hands often. For sure, none of the aforementioned task require a college degree, but they do demonstrate love of one another.

I’ve had personal conversations with individuals who have passed the virus to family members because of their lack of care and service to others. As we consider where we are and how we got here, may I simply ask that you be a servant for others? We face an enemy that has no respect of person, place, or time. We have only one life to live or give. Won’t you spend it wisely? Be an agent of change, make a difference generated by love, be a servant!
a storm I’ll never forget
By: Meagan Renee Walsh
Tags: Short Story, Relationships, Poetry, Writers Block, Love

I think of you in the most peculiar of times.

Yesterday in the coffee shop it began to rain.

I couldn’t help but compare the brief weather to you

and myself to the little wilted sprout

in a clay flowerpot hanging from the window frame.

How the droplets came down softly in the beginning,

and then all at once

joining the thunder.

I guess I gave you my heart too quickly.

At first you were gentle…

touching me ever so softly,

like how these droplets drip down the glass

into my cozy little pot.

You poured your love into me.

But then came the thunder,

suddenly I was being pounded by a storm

not realizing that it was you.

I wilted.

You were the torrential downpour

and the thunder that followed was your voice.

You yelled at me to grow.

How could you demand me to grow in such a hostile environment?

I tried my best but

I began to drown.

I knew that this habitat would keep me from growing

However I still blamed myself.

Why was my pot outside

Why couldn’t I handle the water

Why

wasn’t

I

good

enough

for you.

Why?

Darling,

the part that you failed to understand is that

flowers bloom after a storm has passed.

Today, I glance out the same window of the coffee shop

to see the sprout in the little pot

is now a pink carnation,

little droplets remaining on her soft petals.

The storm had passed.

It was then that I realized the beauty of rain.
2. Fighting Self-doubt: I’ll Never Be As Good As _______.
By: Linda Alley
Tags: Writing, Creative Writing, Self Doubt, Writers Block, Imposter Syndrome

Photo by rawpixel on Pixabay

As I write this, it’s 38 degrees here in Australia, which got me thinking about bushfires. We’ve had plenty of those this summer.

When we experience self-doubt, it’s like a bushfire has started in our heads.

They’re both hard to control.

All we need is one spark on a dry day.

One thought begins smouldering. It sets other thoughts alight and suddenly our whole mind is ablaze. Soon all we’re left with are charred and barren remains.

That empty feeling of unfulfilled dreams.

But it’s not all internal. Something sets the spark off in the first place.

Self-doubt is strongly linked to the outside world, or more accurately, to our perception of it.

We read the books and posts of others and wonder if our writing will ever match theirs. Reading about other writers’ successes can either be inspirational or self-destructive depending on our outlook.

As writers, we need to read to improve our craft, but if you’re constantly comparing your work to those who are further ahead, it’s time to take a break.

In her book The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron goes as far is to recommend a week’s reading deprivation as a way of refilling the creative well. She claims:

“For most blocked creatives, reading is an addiction. We gobble up the words of others rather digest our own thoughts and feelings, rather than cook up something of our own.” — Julia Cameron

As a massive bookworm, I can’t bring myself to try this, but I can see the value in it.

I know how easy it can be to lose yourself in a good book. Sometimes it seems like the best antidote to a lack of self-confidence your own writing.

Is this something you struggle with?

If you’re like me and can’t bear the idea of not reading for a week, try limiting your reading time.

I do this with social media. When I upgraded my phone last year, I went into every application and turned the sound off. It’s also the first thing thing I do every time I download a new app. When I check my social media accounts, it’s on my terms. I’ll go in when it suits me — not when my phone thinks I should.

My social media time is usually my commute. I know I only have a short window before I arrive at work. Sometimes at weekends, I go for whole days without looking at my accounts.

Social media is not about keeping up with what everyone else is doing all the time. Its real superpower is that we can use it to find kindred spirits and create communities.

I love connecting with other writers and seeing what they’re doing.

But restricting the time I spend in my accounts allows me to do it in a much healthier way.

I don’t feel compelled to read every update that comes through. When I do log in, I can concentrate on the people I’m interested in. I’m less likely to feel overwhelmed by comparisonitis if I’m not being bombarded by constant notifications about everyone’s lives.

You don’t need to be as good as your favourite author. You need to be as good as you.

And sometimes you need to turn everything off to do that.
A Small Dose of Empowerment to End the Month of June
By: Anthony Hinko
Tags: Writers On Writing, Empowerment, Stoic, Stoicism, Writers Block

It’s hard to understand others who get enjoyment and pleasure from causing others to suffer needlessly. Although, the keyword there is “needlessly”. Some claim that all suffering has a purpose, and I agree to a degree.

Suffering makes us stronger for having gone through it. The problem is that not everyone is strong enough to endure the process of navigating through the toughest challenges life throws at us. It breaks them down.

For me lately, the self-pressure to alchemize my thoughts into the written word has been, well, immense. I could blame someone else, but the truth is that I’m the one who’s causing myself to suffer needlessly by being my own worst critic. I’m working on that. And, while my struggle with writer’s “block” is an anthill compared to some of the incredible things other humans have overcome in the past, it’s still a bitch of an obstacle to overcome.

If you’re reading this, I believe you’re one of the strong people out there.

There’s a saying in boxing, and it may be an old quote from Muhammad Ali, but I’ll paraphrase. Even champions get knocked down; only champions get back up. So here’s me getting back up and into the chair.
Are You Nervous? | Write Here Week #5
By: Jolie A. Doggett
Tags: Writehere, Writers Block, Writing Prompts, Writing Tips

Hi writers! If you’re wondering how you can take your Write Here stories to the next level, you should sign up for our Summer Creator Workshop Series.

Starting this week, Medium is hosting a series of writing workshops. In these FREE webinars hosted by Medium experts, you’ll learn how to craft meaningful personal essays, how to promote your work online and how to finally overcome writers block!

Sign up below and let’s get into this week’s prompts!

THIS WEEK’S PROMPTS:

What makes you nervous?

Public speaking? The pandemic? Dating? Long car rides with your parents or children? Tell us what gets your palms sweating and how you overcome. Tag “Writehere.”

What do you need to take responsibility for?

The last few weeks we’ve been writing about who owes us an apology and problems that were someone else’s fault. But you know, sometimes, the blame is on us. What’s something you need to own up to? Or, is there something you’re proud of that you deserve some overdue credit for? This is your moment, share your truth and tag “Writehere.”

What do you recommend?

What book, movie, song, TV show, celebrity, food or app can you just not shut the fuck up about? Did you recently gain some important knowledge about life or love that you need to share? Write out your recommendations, tag “Writehere” and get the rest of us up to speed on what we’re missing.

QUESTIONS ABOUT WRITE HERE?

Email me! jdoggett@medium.com. Check back here every Monday for new prompts and tips.

KEEP WRITING!

Check out previous prompts and #WriteHere rules:
My Secret to Talking Myself Out of Anything
By: Nicholas Licalsi
Tags: Writing Tips, Shipping, Writing, Daily Blog, Writers Block

When I’m in the midst of a new project or a habit I, and many others, ask “Why am I even doing this?”

When I ask this question, it’s likely because I don’t want to do something that I told myself I was going to do. The logic behind the question is: I’ll think of a motivating why and do it, or I’ll be unhappy with my reasoning behind the action and not take action. The problem is that I always ask this question when my resistance to action is so strong that no reason exists that’s motivating enough to push act. Worst of all, there are countless reasons to not take the action I claimed I would.

This process of reasoning isn’t how I should be operating. The truth of the matter is that this question of “Why am I doing this?” can not, and should not, be the reason I pick up the pen in the morning. I should pick up the pen every morning because I pick up the pen every morning.

This tautological indifference to the task in front of me seems cold-hearted, but I believe it could help me save up my emotional energy for the emotional labor that creating requires. Then in the good times, I can decide if I should quit and likely the answer will be a better snapshot of my reality than the answer I would have given when faced with a daunting task.

Trust the habit and don’t ask why.

Find Peace in Progress,

Nicholas Licalsi

2019–03–18
“No one ever gets talker’s block.
By: Asif Ali
Tags: Writer, Writing Prompts, Writing Tips, Writing, Writers Block

“No one ever gets talker’s block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say and sits quietly, for days or weeks, until the muse hits, until the moment is right, until all the craziness in his life has died down.

Why then, is writer’s block endemic?”

This is what Seth Godin says about ‘writer’s block’.

We don’t stop thinking or talking (to self). So, how can we not find things to write on?!

I’ve never had trouble finding things to write on. I’ll always have something in my head, and I’ll always put them down into words. Yes, sometimes things get repetitive. Like I talk a crazy lot about patience, hard work and, in general, ‘feeling bad’. But every time I do bring a unique perspective to the table. (A great parameter to measure that I am also growing with my ideas.)

So, yes, I found things in my daily life to write on… things that clear my head, help me understand newer perspectives.

In a way, I’d take a seed thought and stretch it to create a small post.

Also, during my commute, I spend hours listening to TED talks, Gary Vee, Tony Robbins, and other self-help contents. This helps push newer ideas in my head.

Hope this answers your question :)
Night Time Visitor
By: Jennifer Cowie King
Tags: Writers On Writing, Poetry, Writing, Poetry Sunday, Writers Block

she came for me again

in the night

slipping in the window

flitting around the room

banging into walls and

falling to the floor stunned

I awakened to her breath

circling overhead

my husband lay face down, oblivious,

pillow over his head in dreamland

I wondered how he could sleep

through sounds of crashing cymbals

I turned my back and feigned slumber

wishing for eye cover and ear plugs

she slithered under the bed sheets

biting the soft plump flesh above my knees

engorged by darkness and quiet she sends

firefly messages on buzzing threads

taunting words that flow at night,

laughter on moon beams

the light of sun too bright

for secret sips of shooting starlight

precious words slinking off to dark corners,

stirring the sleeping pot of my brain

words begging to be scooped up,

written down under light of moon

whispers and hums, full melodies

of poetry that will be the prize

words uttered under secrecy of darkness

never spoken in light of day

words bearing witness to a soulfulness

more than skin deep

instead I rage against her, my night visitor

the verbose voyager who calls to me

rejecting my muse, my wordsmith kicked

out of bed another night

daylight bringing dust covers, camouflaged

words flying back to their night time nest

©Jennifer Cowie King

If you liked this poem, you might like this one…
“Good Work”
By: Itotia Waiyaki
Tags: Writing Tips, Writing, Sports, Writers Block, Boxing

“Only couple of rounds left, he’s tiring. You good to up the tempo?”

I normally hear the term ‘good work’ described a lot in boxing. After every sparring session, both boxers normally describe the session as ‘good work.’

Although these sessions are relatively calm and the fighters wear headgear for protection, they still punch one another in the face. Fighters get cut, hurt and embarrassed all the time.

Boxers take these sessions seriously - it is another, in the many steps boxers take to improve their craft.

We all know what is expected of us everyday. We are also a generation drowning in procrastination.

As a writer, reading and writing is my sparring session. ‘Good work’ for us is when we read a couple of pages and write a minimum of five hundred words a day.

A daunting task. A ghost that hangs over us every day, until we sit down and vanquish it.

We must lace our gloves up everyday, put our headgear on and practice. Prepare for fight night by choosing partners who can simulate as accurately as possible, the opponents we will all face on title night.

Will there be cuts and bruises? Yes!, a black eye or two, maybe. Shitty days like shitty drafts make us better. But at the end of the day you want to be able to say you did ‘good work’ today, and come fight night the good work will pay off.

Get to it.
64- The Warrior
By: The First Writer Ever
Tags: Short Fiction, Copywriter, Storytelling For Business, Creative Writing, Writers Block

On the same topic, I still can’t sit down and start to engrave the stories. Engraving for a living seems to be much easier than doing it just for the sake of it. Although, devoting myself to such task has proven highly therapeutic before.

I’ve been sneezing a lot these days and my head hurts too. So, it’s time to call sick again and stay the day in bed. Only so that I don’t get any sicker, you know? It definitely doesn’t have anything to do with being too scared. Not now that I finally seem to know what I wanted to do in life. Nothing related to me feeling as lost as a little boy without a mom.

Seems like I’m doomed to finding excuses that feed my interests in self-deprecation.

And talking about curses. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about that one witch who read my cards. In perspective, I’m quite sure most of it was plain bullshit. But a few of those pictures have stayed carved in my mind for a while.

One of the cards was a buffoon, a card to be expected if I’m the one pulling them from the deck. No surprise there. There was the wheel of fortune too. And, even though the witch interpreted otherwise, I’m quite sure this card was insisting on how much a tiny strike of luck could change my life.

But, the one card that has been stuck in my mind for the longest time, was the warrior. More often than not I’ve been having the feeling that I’m to face a fight. And I’m not talking about the strange way in which, as an epidemic, the sense of masculinity is being misplaced more and more for cocky aggressive behaviors. That’d need its own story.

I’m talking about how much of a fight it can get to be to do the simplest of things. Like get out of bed. Like meeting new people. Like enjoying the slightest of things in life.

I don’t really want to be a warrior. I don’t need anything to be a fight for it to be likeable. I would have rather just had fun.
Attack Of The “Block”
By: Christopher Mcdowell
Tags: Creativity, Motivation, Imagination, Stress, Writers Block

When I said that I was making some progress on work, I have to be honest and come clean. So far things have come to sort of a halt in recent time not only due to the unrelenting acceleration of the dreaded COVID-19, but simply because my ideas have run short. In the process of making my digital comic, I have run into an issue where several boxes have been left unfilled. Is this because my interest in finishing this project has slowly dwindled or is because of extreme levels of stress? The answer to that question so far will be unknown, because even I cant really tell you what i am thinking.

Writers blocks, or any other block for that matter, are more often then most think, and can occur at the worst moments in life when crafting a creative piece of work. This isn’t the first time I have ever dealt with a block of this caliber, but when it is impeding on my ability to complete a project due in a month, the pressure starts to build immensely. I can’t think of a single time where in i had one that was this bad, because when I originally started to make comic books on my spare time, I would always have an idea of what ca,e next. The ambition of what I am writing is one thing, and actually visualizing the scenes in a panel is part of a bigger challenge I didn’t fully anticipate.

On the brighter side of this whole ordeal, It will challenge my ability to work under pressure levels I haven’t reached before and how well I will be able to manage myself in extreme conditions. Part of the journey is establishing a goal, and with that goal comes a pathway of obtaining it. It will be a long and difficult road to traverse upon, but it will be one that is filled with knowledge, wisdom, and most importantly, growth. It will not be just growth in terms of personality, ability to work, o time management, but it will be a growth of creative thinking and imagination that will challenge my ability to actually see my ideas become a reality.
12:20am: Wine Talk
By: Krloz Ruben
Tags: Writers On Writing, Writer, Write, Writing, Writers Block

I have to start with applauding all of you who can sit down, even if the world is falling apart around you, and write.

Half of my day is spent in search of the perfect state of mind. By the time I find it, boyfriend is home. What about the first part of the day? Actor/singer roommate. I can blast my ears away with a 5 hour playlist; but the thought that someone can interrupt any minute, throws me off entirely.

Oh the many blogs and books I’ve read of writers who make time waiting for coffee, on a death bed, in court… you know? Stories like that. I pump myself up. Pull out my laptop. Pad and pen. Oh, look! It’s fucking midnight.

Someone called me out on my editing. Henney, I’m trying to press submit before my eyes shut.

Right now: I have the most uncomfortable reading night light thrown on a lap so it’s not too bright it dries my eyes our; but also not so dark it makes me squint. The pen and pad on the side, and my wine on the floor… while I uncomfortably hunch in bed just close enough to see the screen, since boyfriend is asleep.

And don’t forget: Have the keyboard soft enough to touch so it won’t make noise.

I applaud you time making people!

Maybe it’s just an excuse. Maybe I’m Goldilocking myself here. Who knows. Is it fun to walk around with an idea in your head and can’t put it down anywhere because you don’t want to be that rude person that says “Hey, honey! I have to sit down to write a love story based on my past relationship. You think you can stay at your parents tonight?”

That’s another thing: I can’t stand people reading something that it’s not done without permission. UGH! That’s why I don’t put things down on my pad afraid my partner would read it, and I unleash wrath. I have a very limited patience as you can see.

I rather quite like these late night rants; but it’s just not enough. I’m not good enough to quit my job and focus on writing; but ain’t getting better by bitching.

If you read this, and I do hope some of you do, start a conversation. I’ll get me some wine, and we can bitch about it.
Reader, Writer, Feeler: Three Tips To Keep You On Your Writing Toes
Tags: Writers On Writing, Writing Challenge, Writing Tips, Writing, Writers Block

Photo by Dariusz Sankowski on Unsplash

Have you ever felt absolutely no motivation to write? You sit in front of your laptop or notebook, and nothing at all comes to you? You grow distracted and tired, and you think to yourself, am I meant to do this?

In a previous article I mentioned, and I quote: “I am learning that a good writer is not always going to feel “inspired” to write. A good writer will write until they are inspired and from that place keep on writing.” My first suggestion to you is simple; you have to write even though you don’t “feel” like it. I go through this at least once or twice a day, but in the midst of it, I push myself and make the decision to write. Otherwise, the rut will only grow bigger.

My second suggestion to you is, be an even better reader than you are a writer. My mom, who is an avid reader and also a writer always tells me; reading is where so much of your writing skills will grow. Your vocabulary will expand which as we know is huge in writing. And your ability to follow a story without becoming impatient(I know I do)will begin to diminish as well. It will serve you when you start to write your own stories. You will begin to exercise the muscles of discipline to stay on top of your writing projects until the finish line. So far this has proven to be true in my writing adventure.

My third suggestion is, listen to music. I have found this to be a powerful tool that has assisted me in writing projects. One artist that I have been listening too lately that has helped me tremendously is, Jordan Critz. He composes some pretty phenomenal instrumental music that will move you into that beautiful headspace to write.

Lastly, the dreaded question, “What the heck do I write about?” This question can come pretty harshly and frequently. But take this platform for instance, “The Writer’s Cooperative.” It’s a great place to find the tools you need when you are brainstorming for your next story. We are writers helping writers, people of the same craft supporting each other as we grow.

My last few words of encouragement for my fellow writer is this: Don’t Give Up! You may want to throw in the towel because of numerous reasons, but I’m here to tell you, keep writing and keep sharing! You have words inside of you that you need to share with the world. Discipline yourself in these three tips, and I promise, the return will be way worth it!
Explore Emerging Technologies in the Aerospace Industry
By: Infigent Solution Pvt Ltd
Tags: Writers Block, Writer, Writers On Medium

Innovations in the aerospace industry are continuously on the rise over the years. While a number of technologies have emerged in the industry, here are some of the top technologies that you must know.

• Virtual Reality Interiors

In recent times, there is hardly any industry that does not leverage the latest virtual reality technology. The aerospace industry is no different. The aircraft are now being designed with the use of virtual reality indicators. With virtual reality technology, the aircraft windows are designed to provide travelers with a view of the outside even when there is no window. This makes the aircraft lighter, thereby enabling faster flight.

• Zero Fuel Aircraft

Zero fuel aircraft are gaining much popularity in recent years. It has proved to be helpful in the commercial as well as the civil sector. Such aircraft make use of the photovoltaic panels to leverage solar energy in order to provide the essential thrust to the aircraft engine. Zero fuel aircraft have a wide range of use in aerial photography, wildlife protection, agriculture, 3D mapping, and more.

• Autopilot

Autopilot is another emerging technology in the aerospace industry. Autopilot is all set to replace the need for human operators in an aircraft. Autopilot is a system used to control the trajectory motion of an aircraft, spacecraft, or marine craft without the requirement of manual control.

• Smart Automation

Manufacturing the different parts of an aircraft is daunting as well as very expensive. However, with the emergence of the latest technologies, creating efficient and smarter aircraft has become easy. Smart automation enables the technicians to easily scan the different metal surfaces with the use of smart glass or tablets. It helps in enhancing automated transactions as well as improves efficiency.

• Advanced Materials

Advanced materials are now used for the making of aircraft. Materials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene help make the wings of the aircraft more efficient through the reduction of weight and fuel consumption.

Apart from these technologies, 3D printing, AI-based design, and smart airports are some of the latest technologies in the aerospace industry. With seamless innovations in the industry, the sector is expected to experience optimum success.
write if you want to be right
By: Diop Makhtar
Tags: Writers On Writing, Writers On Medium, Writing, Writers Block

I am almost sure that our brain gives more importance to the things we have written than those we have spoken or those we just thought about. It also seems that written thoughts are more easily …. by our brain when we are writing something that shares patterns, topics, or has deep or low commonality with those things we have written into the past. I am also certain that our brain is programmed to be more eager and efficient at correcting the wrong things we have written and better at outputting from them insightful ideas that we would not get if we were just telling what we have committed to write.

When we want to say that something is really true and immutable we often use the expression it’s written on the marble and this has a clear reference to Moise and to all these laws before and after him, that used to rules our society and our way of living.

Writing can become very spiritual because it is an act of creation that instantiate words like they were living creatures that are there to say something and all holy books share this idea that says that creatures are there to teach us something good that can help us understand better and maybe end up being better believers. But This article is more about motivating you to write than it is about religion which I believe to be something especially personal.

I qualified writing as being a technology that really disrupted not only our world but ourselves also with a very big impact on the development of our society and the spread of ideas and their lifetime.

What were we able to know about the pyramids if our grandparent Egyptians had not leveraged the technology of writing? but what I had missed about Egyptians and writing until I got into this mathematical book is that here in Egypt writing was promoted because of economical realities and that’s why Egyptians got interested in calculations also because that was the only way to get a stable and equitable society in an environment that was cyclicly transformed by the nature through the medium of a river.

Now that a medium for writing is almost always at our fingerprint, we are leaving writing in favor of speech. I am starting to imagine an organization into which writing is the only mean of communication and asking myself what would be the difference between this kind of organization and those that use a mix of means of communication. This article is not about this written communications-only organization that I will be writing about in my coming articles and which could be an interesting tech-enabled idea to test.

Constated that from time to time I am writing naturally without plan motivational article that promotes writing and this could seem like I am qualifying myself as a writer what think I am only if being a writer is expressing your idea with the words of the language you choose but writing as a profession is I think way more than that. I could agree that it helps to start composing sentences with the words you know to become this right professional writer.
The 4 stages to avoid writer’s block…
Tags: Poetry, Writting Poetry, Creative Writing, Writing Struggles, Writers Block

Tomfoolery and The Great Realisation. Photo by Matt Crockett

Throughout lockdown, I ran a series of virtual creative writing workshops for kids. For anyone who was unable to attend, here is a session dedicated to avoiding writer’s block!

There are so many creative people who want to write poems and stories but don’t know where to start.

When I began this used to happen to me all the time. In the session, I outline four phases I go through, whenever I want to write something, using #TheGreatRealisation​ as a Case Study.

The phases are:

00:00​ — 05:16​ — Welcome & Who’s Who

05:16​ — 12:15​ — Background to Tomfoolery

12:15​ — 20:25​ — Phase 1: What Problem Are You Trying To Solve?

20:25​ — 32:43​ — Phase 2: How Might You Solve That Problem?

32:43​ — 39:24​ — Phase 3: What’s the Scenario? (The Who, What, Where, When)

39:24​ — 48:38​ — Phase 4: What’s the Structure? (Stability, Instability & Resolution)

48:38​ — 57:09​ — Q&A I hope it is helpful and gives you the confidence to start writing yourself!

Thanks for watching & please don’t forget to like and follow :)

#Tomfoolery​ #CreativeWriting​ #Learn

More free classes for all ages are now available to book at https://tomfoolery.lnk.to/learn​
Writer’s block: How to overcome it
By: Victory Obodo
Tags: Creative Writing, Ghostwriting Faqs, Writers Block, Writing

If you have ever struggled to pen down your ideas as a writer, then you may have what is called a writer’s block. It is not a medical condition. Lol. It is a state of your mind where you seem to be roaming but you do not know what to write. It can be really burdensome when it lasts for weeks or even months! So, i want to show you proven ways to overcome this:

1. Don’t start at the beginning. You can choose to just write anything that comes to your mind. Be as creative as you can be. Do not put so much pressure on yourself.

2. Balance your inner critic. One of the reasons why we have writer’s block is because we are too hard on ourselves. While this is good, it puts you under unnecessary pressure. Why not relax and have fun with what you are doing? It will be much easier to bring up new ideas.

3. Use the ‘imperfect’ words. Sometimes you might struggle because you feel that you are not as ‘perfect’ as you want. Just write and you can edit it later.

4. Do something non-writing. If you have put so much pressure on yourself, you can choose to do something different, like your hobby. This will make your mind free of stress.

5. Create a writing routine: You can choose to discipline yourself because you will not always feel like writing just like you will not always feel like eating but you have to. So, see the importance of what you are doing and let that drive you.