Discover the tricks that your brain uses to keep you from writingaand how to beat them. Do you: Want to write, but find it impossible to get started? Keep your schedules so full that you donat have any time to write? Wait until the last minute to write, even though you know you could do a better job if you gave yourself more time? Suddenly remember ten other things that you need to do whenever you sit down to write? Sabotage your own best efforts with lost files, missed deadlines, or excessive self-criticism? The good news is that youare not lazy, undisciplined, or lacking in willpower, talent or ambition. You just need to learn whatas going on inside your brain, and harness the power of brain science to beat resistance and develop a productive writing habit. In Around the Writeras Block, Rosanne Bane-- a creativity coach and writing teacher for more than 20 years-- uses the most recent breakthroughs in brain science to help us understand, in simple, clear language, where writing resistance comes from: a fight-or-flight response hard-wired into our brain, which can make us desperate to flee the sources of our anxieties by any means possible. Baneas three-part plan, which has improved the productivity of thousands of writers, helps you develop new reliable writing habits, rewire the brainas responses to the anxiety of writing, and turn writing from a source of stress and anxiety into one of joy and personal growth.... 232, 251, 268 Outliers, The (Gladwell), 35, 249 Overscheduling, 214 Ownera#39;s Manual for the Brain, The (Howard), 97, ... excessive, 213a14 Peterson, Eileen, 79, 174a75 Peterson, Pauline, 91 Pets, stressrelieving with, 228 Picasso, Pablo, anbsp;...
Title | : | Around the Writer's Block |
Author | : | Rosanne Bane |
Publisher | : | Penguin - 2012-08-02 |
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