Top tips – a chip off the writer's block
The key to getting started is to explore the thought patterns
which hold you back and prevent you becoming an adept scribbler.
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So here's a little bit of advice that will get you started on the road to Scriptophilia.
Next time you have to write something - a report, a memo, a letter or article for the staff newsletter, instead of sitting down gloomily expecting the whole thing to be a disaster: try the following;
1. SIT DOWN AT THE DESK and take ten deep slow breaths.
2. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK about something you have done in the past which you feel really confident about - anything from mowing the lawn to baking a cake, it dosn't have to be work-related (though it could be).
3. MAKE A MENTAL NOTE of what you see and how you see it. Is it a picture, if so, is it colour or black and white? is the picture large or small, near, far, vivid, hazy. Are you in the picture or not? Is it a movie or a still photo?
5. HERE'S THE AMAZING BIT - now picture yourself in the act of writing. apply all the sights, sounds and feelings that you had in the previous "mental movie"
6. NOTE HOW YOU FEEL about the writing you are about to embark upon.
7. IN THIS NEW MOOD OR STATE, start writing - stop when you have written around 200 words. How did you feel about the act of writing? Any difference? The chances are that you felt at least a bit more positive and less worried about what you were doing with that pen or keyboard. This classic NLP technique is one of many that can help to improve your mental state before doing anything that you dread. Keep practicing the mental movie game and apply it every time you sit down at the desk. Your battle against Scriptophobia has begun.
But remember - Don't start any writing project until you are in the best possible state of mind.
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