Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Has a piece of writing ever left you stymied? My guess is that you may have overthought it. Here’s why overthinking is bad for writers… When I teach people about mindmapping, I try to be explicit about one thing. My use of the phrases “left […]
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Our society is obsessed with accomplishment. But doing nothing can make you more creative. Why not try that this summer? Would you feel better about your holidays if I told you that doing nothing would increase your writing creativity? I’m not making this comment
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes Here are 10 boredom cures — also known as writing tips — that can help any writer have a bit more verve…. I sometimes find myself getting bored when I write. This feeling is not the end of the world, but it’s not very
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Reading time: Less than 2 minutes How do you improve creativity? Neuroscientists suggest that you embrace the concept of messiness. I can’t write if my desk is untidy. That’s why I obsessively jam everything into my large wire inbox so my desktop at least gives the appearance of being clean.
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Reading time: About 2.5 minutes Are you a writer who wishes you were more creative? Maybe you’re wishing for the wrong thing…. People often have the totally wrong idea that they need to have been born creative in order to write. While being born certain ways can help your writing
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Word count: 754 words Reading time: About 3 minutes Ambiguous writing is generally a bad thing. But there are times when a writer ought to welcome a healthy does of ambiguity. Here’s why… When I learned I was pregnant with triplets, 20 years ago, I was desperate to know their
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Reading time: About 3 minutes I’m a writer who’s more than ready to sing a battle hymn –- just not one like bestselling author Amy Chua. Much in the news in recent months, the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, irritated me. I’d read the comments in the New York Times, the Guardian, and
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Today’s column is five-step guide on how to kill creativity. Follow these steps carefully, and I guarantee you’ll never be able to avoid writer’s block ever again! There I was, sitting in a doctor’s office, waiting for my appointment. Actually, it was much later than my
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