Posts Tagged ‘starting’

Beat Blank Page Syndrome: 10 Tricks to Get Your Writing Started

Anyone who writes, whether for school, for work, or for a living knows the scene: you sit there, a blank document open on your computer screen, that little cursor silently (accusingly?) blinking away, and your mind a complete blank. You know overall what you want to say, but how do you get there?

Fortunately, there are ways to beat that blank page into submission. The trick isn't to obsess… Continue reading

February 6 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: block, starting, writing | 39 comments»

What’s Stopping You from Getting Started (and What to Do About It)

If you're like most people, you have a lot of projects on your back burner that you hope to get to someday but aren't quite ready for. Writers call this a "one-day novel" -- as in "one day I'm going to write that novel." Of course, that one magical day never comes.

Perhaps too there are a few things on your list that have been sitting there… Continue reading

January 18 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: confidence, focus, project, starting, time | 22 comments»