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Procrastination

Here’s How A Tortoise Can Help You Finally Finish Your Novel

September 30, 2014 by Robert Wood 11 Comments

Here’s How A Tortoise Can Help You Finally Finish Your Novel

You’re on the home straight. Your first draft is far behind you, your characters are well thought out, and your plot is clever in all the right places. A few more months of work and you know for certain your novel will finally be finished. The only problem is that you knew that three months ago, and three months before that, and three months before that… Finishing a novel is a superhuman task, …

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How To Fix Your Procrastination Problem

September 18, 2014 by Robert Wood 1 Comment

How To Fix Your Procrastination Problem

Procrastination is the bane of writers, stealing time while giving nothing of substance in return. The combination of working in a home environment and often having flexible working goals leaves writers particularly vulnerable to procrastination, especially early in a career. When things get difficult it’s easy to remember a little job that needs doing, or an article you meant to read, but …

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Writing Avoidance Behavior: Here’s How To Overcome It

May 19, 2014 by Frances Reid Rowland 1 Comment

Writing Avoidance Behavior: Here’s How To Overcome It

At university, we used to call it “WABing”—Work Avoidance Behavior—all the random excuses we would think of to avoid studying. Let’s see, there was washing the dishes before they were removed by cleaning staff in haz-mat suits, cooking up gourmet meals with a packet of rice, a lemon and some cheese and, best of all, removing the gherkins from Big Macs and throwing them onto the ceiling to see if …

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