Consistency, Creativity

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Morning, Afternoon, or Evening?

There is a common narrative among successful people that you must be a morning person in order to do anything worthwhile. A pretty good percentage ...

Do What’s in Front of You

As writers, we have lots of project-based items to think about. These are big items that can take weeks or months to complete. This can ...

Use the Pomodoro Technique for Faster Writing

If you’re having trouble getting focused and using your time well, I highly recommend using the Pomodoro Technique. This is a simple focus strategy used ...

Taming the Little Distractions

In our quest to make more time to write, we tend to focus on the big distractions. It’s easy to feel like the world is ...

Writing is a Blue-Collar Job

Over the years, I have spent a lot of time thinking about why writers struggle. In fact, the whole point of this podcast and, by ...

Is Your Writing Time Gone with the Wind?

In the push and pull of everyday life, each day pretty much seems the same. We go to work, spend time with our families, take ...

The Only Thing You Control

Writers are creative by nature, and we like our independence. One of the reasons we do this in the first place is to have control ...

When Are You Going to Write?

We human beings have an amazing capacity for deception. We will go to almost any length to avoid facing the truth or giving a concrete ...

The Clock is Always Running

Have you ever held up an hourglass and looked it closely? From a distance, the sand looks as though it was one single element that ...