Increase writing productivity by understanding flow
We all know that feeling of being in the zone. You sit down to write after dinner and when you look up next, the sun is rising and the neighbors…
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Has fantasy been de-naturalized, too?
A reader sent me this link to a fascinating study that shows how over the last 80 years, the subject matter in children’s literature has shifted away from the natural…
Find a writing process that helps you to not suck
There are exactly seven ways to write a novel and every one of them is wrong. Sometimes. Actually, there are lots of ways – maybe even a million – but…
How science can increase your writing productivity
In a previous article (here) I talked about the importance of measuring your productivity. Regular measurement of any issue can help you keep that issue front and center in your…
Which comes first, the story’s mood, or yours?
In creativity theory, there is an interesting result, first published by two guys named Trope and Liberman. [1] It states that making intuitive leaps tends to get you thinking about things in…
