Do you have a hard time making space for your writing in the summer? Or can you write even more during this more relaxing time of year? Many writers don’t do much writing during the summer months. There are just way too many distractions. But how can we enjoy the summer and get some writing…
We all believe that we must do a lot of writing in order to be successful. However, this isn’t true at all. Sometimes even getting to the desk for a few 30-minute sessions in a day can really help us be productive and content as writers. Most of us have a hard time to get…
Do you identify yourself as a writer? In other words, do you tell others you are a writer? Or do you just keep being a writer a secret from others because of a fear of ridicule? Psychologists believe that the way we see ourselves can have a dramatic effect on our actions in the short…
Hi all! Since we all seem to be doing boot camp this month, I think it would be best if I simply had 4 mini-lessons for this month with no necessary assignments to submit. That way, you could focus on writing your book, which is what Bootcamp is all about! So, for this month, please…
Once you have your list of long and short-term goals, it’s time to prioritize these goals. Your writing life should be a treasure throve of desires, dreams, and goals to be achieved. The burden to achieve every goal you want to can overwhelm you to the point where you get little or no concrete writing…
The best way to be an organized and productive writer you must ensure that you know where you are going in your writing career. To do this, you must set and assess your long-term writing goals on a regular basis. These are typically the writing goals you’d like to achieve in the next year. Once…
If you like writing every day, create a writing schedule before the busyness of your week starts. Then write down when you will complete a writing goal in your planner and schedule it. That way, you’ll have more of a chance to get your writing done. This is because forming an intention to do something…
One of the hardest things is to be an organized writer. It can be hard to focus and be successful in your writing career when you’re exhausted and distracted, two things that follow writers along throughout their lives. Few of us know how to effectively switch gears after work so that we can write in…
Right in line with our lessons on emotional resilience this month is this article on how to avoid overthinking and how it can really negatively impact our productivity. Studies have shown that successful people tend to make decisions faster than people who are less successful. That’s probably because successful people don’t overthink every little thing…
Our collapsing ability to pay attention is not primarily a personal failing on our part. This is being done to us all. It is a much bigger problem. And it costs us in quality of life and also productivity. The forces that have caused a crisis of attention are big tech firms. They are all…