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 Chris Smith | Apr 17, 2017
You know that nagging voice you hear when you haven’t finished something? Well, I’m a compulsive finisher and my nag is relentless. It’s probably why I’m better at writing shorter things like this and why writing anything longer than about 2,000 words gives me 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...
by Bec Evans | Nov 12, 2016
Habits can transform our lives, they can help us achieve our most ambitious goals and fulfil our deepest dreams. But it’s darn hard to make writing a habit, some might say impossible. Understanding how habits are created and focusing on the first step – how to trigger...
by Chris Smith | Oct 16, 2016
When you’re slap bang in the middle of a writing project it’s hard to keep perspective. It’s easy to think that the thing you’re working on right now is the big one. The best you’ve ever done – perhaps you’ll ever do. But science tells us that every time you think...
by Chris Smith | Sep 17, 2016
Being a highly prolific writer is sneered at in some circles. Some people think there’s a trade-off between quality and quantity. To do truly ‘great work’ – you can’t do very much of it. But science disagrees. Most of the world’s best writers, creatives and innovators...
