Five Brain Tricks That Will Make You A Happier Writer
What do writers want? Not in the big picture – standing onstage thanking a bunch of folks for an Oscar win – but in the day-to-day struggle that is writing.
I think it is to be in The Flow – that illusive sweet spot where words, sentences, and thoughts pour almost effortlessly from your brain to the page. I’ve written about Finding The Flow in my ScriptMag column after experiencing a particularly long sojourn in that blissful state. And I’ve certainly spent enough time staring that dreaded blank page, tweaking typos, or desperately deleting spam to invoke the slightest sense of forward momentum when coming up dry.