Strategy Number One: Mindset Today we’re looking at the first strategy of five approaches to defeating resistance and getting more written. Last week [here] I explained why you need these five strategies. All of us do. Resistance is built into the human psyche. How you approach resistance, deal with it, and how you think […]
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What is resistance? Are you a victim of it? Probably! The term “Resistance” was first coined by Steven Pressfield in his book, The War of Art. To Pressfield, Resistance is an external entity against whom artists must wage war to win at the game of writing. For him, Resistance always has a capital “R”. As
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Once you have been writing for a while, the way you write becomes calcified. This is usually a good thing, because everything gets a little bit easier, you grow comfortable dealing with a vast range of interlocking skills, and you can complete everything just a little faster. When you’ve been writing for a long while,
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(Tip: Start taking note of how often you tell yourself you’ll get to it tomorrow).
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Discipline tends to get a bad rap these days. In productivity circles, it is equated to white-knuckling your way through tasks with iron-jawed determination, which will naturally and absolutely end in failure. In diet circles, discipline is the same as holding your teeth together, sitting on your hands and mutely shaking your head “no” when
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I didn’t want to write this post. I was tempted to blow it off, because finally, finally, the book has a full head of steam and I’m just making sure the boiler stays stoked and hanging on the for the ride. There is no better feeling–no, not even that. Being in flow and creating a story has no
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How Resistance lures you Having a finely tuned writing schedule doesn’t do diddly for your productivity if you never follow it. Saying you’re going to write for two hours after supper tonight will quell the nag in your brain for the rest of the day, but when you actually sit down at the keyboard, do
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I seem to have referred to living well a lot lately, here on the blog and in the newsletter. I know I’m doing it to compensate for the constant barrage of “be productive!” messaging that is the theme of this site. But I’m also aware that I’m an anal productivity obsessionist, and I’m compensating for
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