How to win your fight against the blank page.

Writer’s Blog

A guide to starting your writing project.

Sometimes sitting down and writing can feel challenging. Not just for newer writers but for every writer facing the blank page can feel intimidating and overwhelming.

Still, writers manage to move past this intimidation and proceed with creating their art.

It’s comforting to know that even renowned authors like Nabakov needed to slay the lumbering monster, many of us recognise as self-doubt. There is something minorly encouraging about knowing that every writer, no matter their status, struggles with the same thing.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1996) realised that ‘creative achievements depend upon single-minded immersion’.

Let’s be real, though, what does that actually mean?

In order to achieve your writing goals for any given day, you must be solely focused on the task at hand. That means not being distracted by your surroundings. Not taking your eye off of your goals, and keeping self-doubt off of your mind.

Self-doubt is one of the biggest killers when it comes to creative work, so shove it in a draw, lock it up tight and don’t let it speak!

You owe your dreams, goals and ambitions a genuine chance at success.

Flow is what happens when a writer sits down and manages to write creatively for any given length of time. It’s that moment when your fingers aren’t moving fast enough for your brain. It’s like the…

Related posts:

sullied in a story so familiar what are we still doing here how much more room is left to bitter this capacity will your flesh stretch further push the line back to excess we both went along with…

CRM Software helps companies to manage customer data and employee relationship. Small Business looking for CRM Apps to handle their increasing list of clients. As businesses grow to keep accurate…

On Sunday the store is crazy busy when I arrive for my shift at two p.m. Carts are scattered all over the jammed parking lot. There’s rain coming, a big storm, pineapple express or atmospheric river…