How productive should writers expect to be?

Before reading this post, please watch the following video: It’s a clip from the old TV show I Love Lucy, and it’s the episode in which Lucy and her friend Ethel work at a chocolate factory. I’m beginning with the video because it perfectly illustrates what I’d call a losing proposition. There was NO WAY […]

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When procrastination might HELP you….

I’m not typically a big believer in procrastination. Instead, I tend to admire such aphorisms as: You may delay but time will not. (Ben Franklin) Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him. (Charles Dickens) Eat that frog! (Brian Tracy) But there are two exceptions to my “get things done now” tendencies. Both reflect times

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How to deal with momentum

A member of this group recently asked me whether I thought they should take advantage of the “momentum” they were currently feeling. In this particular case, it meant the writer would have had to defer research and planning, so that they could write. The downside, they admitted, was that their writing would be a bit

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But, actually….

Reading time: Less than 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about the words ‘but’ and ‘actually’…. I read a blog post this week

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Why it’s important to recognize when you’re too busy to write

I understand the headline above — about being too busy to write — might sound like crazy talk. Especially as it’s coming from a writing coach. What type of coach encourages her clients not to write? Well, I sometimes do, (note the limiter “sometimes”) because I understand that writing is not the only responsibility you

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