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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 Beauty of Having No Opinion

Have you ever noticed that some people have an opinion about literally everything? It’s not hard to find these people. They are all over social ...

Where Do I Go Now?

Have you ever felt stuck by writer’s block? If so, you’re in good company. That’s exactly the state the members of the legendary rock group ...

How to Recognize a Good Idea

One of the perennial questions writers ask is, “Where do you get good ideas?” It’s a fair question because all of us have struggled with ...