From Edie: Sarah Sally Hamer helps us understand Why writers procrastinate at the blank page. With her help, discover the mental games, creative resistance, and practical ways writers can calm distraction and return to joyful, focused writing.
Why Writers Procrastinate at the Blank Page—and How to Quiet the Mental Chaos
by Sarah Sally Hamer @SarahSallyHamer
Oh the games our minds play when writers sit in from of a blank screen.
Are you one of those lucky writers who turn on the computer and focus on the brilliant words that pour from your fingertips? Or are you more like me and the moment you sit down to write, your mind transforms into a hyperactive game show host who has just chugged three espressos and discovered the joy of chaos? You’ve set your time for writing, you have a project in mind and, all of a sudden, your fingers hover over the keyboard and your mind leaps onto an imaginary stage, confetti cannons firing, shouting, “WELCOME TO TONIGHT’S EPISODE OF ANYTHING BUT WRITING!”
