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Step Away From the Marshmallow Part 2
Don't think about the marshmallow! In more recent versions of the Marshmallow Test, Walter Mischel tells children to pretend the marshmallow is only a picture of a marshmallow or a fluffy cloud. The...
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Track Your Way Past Writer’s Block to Writing Success
Writing habits trump resistance. If you want to make it easier to write and write regularly, you need writing habits. (I suggest regularly showing up for short sessions of Process, Product Time and...
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Must. Show. Up. Must. Write. Something.
Yesterday I had food poisoning or 24-hour stomach flu and I didn’t even think about writing. I feel no guilt about that – the rule of thumb is that if you’d call in sick or take time off from a job...
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Get Ready for NaNoWriMo: Make October NaShoUpoWriMo!
In response to a previous post, Nasreen Fynewever wrote: “I am leaving a comment to hold myself accountable to print the guides your book Around the Writer’s Block encourages us to use. I am also...
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Master Resistance with Two Simple Commands
Can you resist distractions? No matter how resistant you are – how much or how long you’ve been procrastinating, distracting yourself, doing anything but the writing you want or need to do – two simple...
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Master Resistance with Two Simple Commands Part 2
In the previous post, I promised that you can train your brain to follow two simple commands that will transform your writing no matter how resistant you are. The first was Sit-Stay. The second is: Pay...
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What’s the Difference Between Process and Prouct Time Writing?
“I spent 15 minutes journaling last night. Is that Process or Product Time?” “I started out just freewriting, but ended up with a character sketch. Do I count that as Process or Product Time?” There...
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Tellin’ Ellen How to Move Around the Writer’s Block
Thanks Ellen King-Rodgers for the opportunity to share my passion about how brain science can solve writer’s resistance on the Tellin’ Ellen show on Yellowstone Public Radio! Here’s the link:...
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Is Your Writing Time Productive?
Which of these illustrations best reflects productive writing time? Answer: All of them. There is much more to writing than having your fingers on the keyboard. That’s why I call it Product Time, not...
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Process Play or Prouct Time Writing?
“I spent 15 minutes journaling last night. Is that Process or Product Time?” “I started out just freewriting, but ended up with a character sketch. Do I count that as Process or Product Time?” There...
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Train Yourself to Resist Resistance: Second Trick
In the previous post, I promised that you can train your brain to follow two simple commands that will transform your writing no matter how resistant you are. The first was Sit-Stay. The second is: Pay...
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Are You On a Route Suited for Multiple Writing Projects?
Throughout your writing life, you will find yourself shifting between at least two of these three routes: You have no idea what your next writing project will be You have so many possible projects, you...
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