Writer’s Block is the most common manifestation of Resistance. It prevents you from getting your work onto the page. It’s the terror of the blank screen. Writer’s Block has prevented many people from doing the work that they were meant to do. Many prolific writers don’t believe writer’s block exists. For the rest of us,…
Resistance can kill your integrity. That siren call prevents you from doing what you said you would do. It makes you break your word, even if it was only to yourself. We get too used to making excuses instead of following through with commitments. It’s easier to come up with a reason why you couldn’t…
A couple of years after Deb and I got married, we were living at my Grandmother’s house because my Grandfather had passed away. My aunts had made the suggestion because it would give Deb and me the ability to live rent free and my Grandmother wouldn’t have to make any major life decisions right away…
The other day, I spoke about using the Miracle Morning SAVERS to start my day. Recently, I’ve found my mind “arguing” more about getting up early and coaxing me to stay in bed. It’s cold out of the covers. It’s too early. You were up late last night. I’ve had to do a few six…
You will hear me refer to Resistance a lot in this blog. Steven Pressfield coined the term for that “intelligent, active, malign force” that works against us when we endeavour to create something. He defines it clearly in his book The War of Art and elaborates a bit more in his book Turning Pro. But…
One of the mantras I’ve been repeating for the past few weeks is “Progress not Perfection”. I’m sure it has been said by many people, but I most recently heard it from Marie Forleo. Whenever I’m getting beaten up by Resistance and I’m getting distracted from doing work, those three words give me hope. And…
After publishing yesterday’s post about writing a daily post for the next thirty days, I had a nagging feeling. Had I done this before? I searched my site and discovered that I had attempted this seven years ago, almost to the day! I had forgotten about that previous attempt. And it was unsuccessful. I made…
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how long it took to write the first draft of a play I’m working on. I said it was an interesting question. I recently finished the second draft of the same play. How long did it take? It’s still an interesting question… I finished the first draft…
“How long does it take you to write a draft of play?” she asked. Such an interesting question! How long does it take to create something? If I take a look at the play I’m currently working on, A Killing at the Cottage (AKATC), it took me 8 hours of writing to complete the first…
Happy New Year! I’ve decided to start this year in April, instead of January. Why? Well, it took me a while to get ready for the New Year and I wanted to start the year off right! One of the books I read in 2018 was When by Daniel Pink. Pink suggests that choosing “when”…
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