by Bec Evans | Jun 11, 2017
Forget positive thinking, it’s time to get pessimistic. Focusing on what can go wrong can help you create a bulletproof plan to achieve your writing goals. Combine obstacle thinking with other science-backed tactics for goal setting and you’re on to building a winning...
by Bec Evans | May 22, 2017
While there are lots of tactics you can use to keep procrastination at bay and stay motivated with your work, there’s no right or wrong way to approach a writing project. Saying that, scientist and author Cal Newport has identified four writing philosophies – figuring...
by Chris Smith | May 14, 2017
It’s all too easy to make promises and plans about your writing. To say that you’re going to finish writing a book, to plan on blogging every day. More often than not – those targets go unmet and those dreams go unrealised. And that’s because...
by Bec Evans | Apr 3, 2017
Faced with her students’ procrastination, designer and lecturer Tash Willcocks set out to prove that small steps lead to big gains. Since February 2013 she’s hand drawn and published an illustration every day. From overcoming fear, to building a community, and finding...
by Bec Evans | Mar 21, 2017
We’ve been working with the data visualisation specialists at The Guardian newspaper. We gave them exclusive access to tracking data from Man Booker long-listed novelist Wyl Menmuir. They used the data to tell a story about writing stories – the ups and downs, the...
by Chris Smith | Feb 26, 2017
If you feel 100% sure that the writing project you’re working on is the best (or the worst) thing you’ve ever done: you’re wrong. Research says the only thing you can ever know for certain is that keeping going – being prolific – is best...
