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How to use Goodreads to self-promote.
This is an article I wrote for a web site called Editioselfpublishing.com. It has gotten quite the buzz and was even tweeted by Goodreads its self. Let me know what you think!
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Writing Conditions
Writing Conditions
I think your writing conditions can be the single most important factor in determining the longevity of your writing career. Here are a few tips I have learned over the years.
- Don’t write at home if you can possibly help it. Writing takes a lot of brainpower and concentration so your brain will try to do something else if it possibly can, like laundry, watering the plants or “ oh what’s that in the frig?” If you do have to write at home, pick one place that is your “writing place”. Just use it for writing, even if you have to take a dining room chair and put it by the window. This way every time you sit there to write, your brain will automatically associate it with writing.
- Set a timer. Your brain is a muscle and needs to be worked out, so try to do it everyday even if all you write is “ I don’t know what to write” fifty times, at least your writing. You can start your timer for 15 minutes the first few times and then try to work up from there.
- Pandora Radio. This my secret weapons. This is a free on line radio station, (if you don’t like commercials you can pay fifteen dollars a year to get it commercial free). What I love about it is that I always listen to the same station (Indian Kirtan) when I write and I never listen to it any other time, that way when I hear it, my brain already knows it is time to write. This is also great if you write at the Library or a coffee shop because important to not have any distractions.
- If you write in a journal, then keep a pad of paper with you when you write so that you can write down other things that come into your mind that don’t have anything to do with writing. That way when the thought about picking up some chicken for dinner tonight comes into your brain, you can write the thought down and don’t need to dwell on it.
- If you use a computer, turn off your internet. I know that is hard to do but you also know you will get twice as much done that way.
I think your writing conditions can be the single most important factor in determining the longevity of your writing career. Here are a few tips I have learned over the years.
- Don’t write at home if you can possibly help it. Writing takes a lot of brainpower and concentration so your brain will try to do something else if it possibly can, like laundry, watering the plants or “ oh what’s that in the frig?” If you do have to write at home, pick one place that is your “writing place”. Just use it for writing, even if you have to take a dining room chair and put it by the window. This way every time you sit there to write, your brain will automatically associate it with writing.
- Set a timer. Your brain is a muscle and needs to be worked out, so try to do it everyday even if all you write is “ I don’t know what to write” fifty times, at least your writing. You can start your timer for 15 minutes the first few times and then try to work up from there.
- Pandora Radio. This my secret weapons. This is a free on line radio station, (if you don’t like commercials you can pay fifteen dollars a year to get it commercial free). What I love about it is that I always listen to the same station (Indian Kirtan) when I write and I never listen to it any other time, that way when I hear it, my brain already knows it is time to write. This is also great if you write at the Library or a coffee shop because important to not have any distractions.
- If you write in a journal, then keep a pad of paper with you when you write so that you can write down other things that come into your mind that don’t have anything to do with writing. That way when the thought about picking up some chicken for dinner tonight comes into your brain, you can write the thought down and don’t need to dwell on it.
- If you use a computer, turn off your internet. I know that is hard to do but you also know you will get twice as much done that way.
