http://www.todayiwrite.com/journal/seven-strategies.html (the psychology of writer's block) Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:56:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.todayiwrite.com/journal/seven-strategies.html#comment-39 hollyjahangiri Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:39:10 +0000 http://www.todayiwrite.com/seven-strategies.html#comment-39 P.S. Maybe getting in the zone isn't the problem, in fact - but rather STAYING there. P.S. Maybe getting in the zone isn’t the problem, in fact - but rather STAYING there.

]]> http://www.todayiwrite.com/journal/seven-strategies.html#comment-38 hollyjahangiri Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:38:21 +0000 http://www.todayiwrite.com/seven-strategies.html#comment-38 Hmmm. Good article, but I'd like to see more on #5. That's the thing - I have no ritual, no mantra, no trigger that reliably gets me into "the zone." Oh, yes - it's a place I know well, when I'm there. (Sort of like a trance state, or self-hypnosis. Similar to the "otherworldly" state I'm in when reading - I go blind, deaf, and dumb to reality, and I am IN the book.) Now, HOW do I reliably get there? #5 in this article makes it sound like a simple matter, but I think that's only because the author hasn't a clue, either. Help! Hmmm. Good article, but I’d like to see more on #5. That’s the thing - I have no ritual, no mantra, no trigger that reliably gets me into “the zone.” Oh, yes - it’s a place I know well, when I’m there. (Sort of like a trance state, or self-hypnosis. Similar to the “otherworldly” state I’m in when reading - I go blind, deaf, and dumb to reality, and I am IN the book.) Now, HOW do I reliably get there? #5 in this article makes it sound like a simple matter, but I think that’s only because the author hasn’t a clue, either. Help!

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