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| Feb 23, 2006 9:28 pm |
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re: Tips or Advice? |
| Virginia Van Vynckt
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Hi, Danielle--
Nice to meet a fellow "creative geek."
I remember years ago reading about a trick that some professional writers use to prevent writer's block: stop your writing for the day in the middle of a sentence. And as an ADD'er, I'd add that you should stop in the middle of a scene that's going well, not one you're struggling with...
If you try to put the manuscript aside for too long, hopefully that unfinished sentence will nag you.
And of course, there are all the other ADD tricks--like setting an alarm and working in short spurts, with breaks. I find this helps when I'm having difficulty with a project. One legendary copywriter used to set his alarm for 33 minutes and 33 seconds. He'd work for that amount of time, stop immediately when the alarm went off, take a break, and then go back to work for 33 mins and 33 seconds. I've also found that listening to lively music helps when I'm "stuck."
Sounds like you're really inspired by this, though. Whenever I find myself in the mindset of "I'll probably not follow through on this," I try to remind myself of the things I *have* followed through on. Did you finish your clients' sites when you were a web designer? Did you finish school? And so on.
Good luck!
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