Habits

Writing Through Disfluency: How to Embrace the Grind and Keep Moving Forward

/ Creativity, Discipline & Motivation, Habits

Writing is hard. Some days, it’s staring at a blank page until your soul starts to shrivel. Other days, it’s forcing words onto the page that feel as clunky as a toddler’s first steps. This difficulty, though, isn’t a bug in the system—it’s a feature. What you’re experiencing is disfluency, the grinding friction that comes when creativity refuses to flow like a perfect algorithm. But here’s the kicker: disfluency isn’t just a hurdle to clear; it’s the point of the creative process.

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Let’s Pull Self-Discipline Off the Garbage Heap

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I’ve had a long-running, on-again-off-again affair with self-discipline. I admire the iron discipline of dancers, and would love to have that sort of discipline myself. I’ve been working on it all my life. “Success” methodologies have been around since Victorian times, but my first introduction to the idea of creating one’s own success was in

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The Top 8 Productivity Sites That Help Writers Write More in Surprising Ways

/ Good Company & Good Examples, Habits, PRODUCTIVITY & ORGANIZATION

Indie writing is a peculiar profession.  We want to write more – always – but the roadblocks and self-sabotage we put ourselves through is unique.  General productivity sites don’t address our unique issues.  You must find sites like the excellent Prolifiko, run by Chris Smith and Bec Evans, to find productivity advice specific to writers. 

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A Productive Indie Book!

/ Discipline & Motivation, Habits, INDIE PUBLISHING, PRODUCTIVE INDIE BOOKS, PRODUCTIVITY & ORGANIZATION, Prolificacy, Publishing & Production, Scheduling & Tracking, The Productive Indie Fiction Writer, Work Processes

A Productive Indie Book! Last month, I took a bit of a break, and also mentioned that I was working on something that I would tell you about soon. As the image, above, has probably told you, that something is the first PIFW book. I’ve been getting back to a more productive writing schedule, and

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The Missing Factor That Demolishes Habit Building

/ Discipline & Motivation, Habits, PRODUCTIVITY & ORGANIZATION

The Missing Factor That Demolishes Habit Building And A System To Use It We fiction writers understand the power of tiny habits. We get that routine and “just starting” are key tools to get a lot of writing done. But there’s another factor involved in building small habits that is critical, yet is often overlooked. BJ Fogg,

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How Fiction Writers Can Use The Discipline Of Dancers To Write Mega Heaps

/ Discipline & Motivation, Habits, PRODUCTIVITY & ORGANIZATION

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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