It is with an exasperated sigh that I begrudgingly site Cal Newport, and his concept of “deep work,” as the basis for my systematic productivity. [I read his book early on in my process of discovery, and I was as taken with its underlying concepts as I was repelled by its tone. He is at best a product of his environment—a high pressure, promotion-based, publish or perish, tenure-oriented, win-the-capitalist-game-by-hacking-your-life-until-you-can-squeeze-blood-from-a-carrot kind of guy. He’s also better than us because he doesn’t use Facebook and goes running in the winter.] But, whatever…he has some good ideas that I used to streamline the habits I was already building, and I’ve got to give credit where it’s due. Most importantly, while he doesn’t use the terms attunement, engagement, and endorsement, the book still provides no-nonsense tips for turning the Aristotelean tripartite balance into reality. Attunement On episode 65 of Write Now, Sarah Werner talks about the artistic version of the writer that we can
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The psychology behind productivity
As I mentioned in my introductory post, I’ve learned that the psychology of productivity is, in part, just pursuing the
Fiction editing: prepwork
On January 21st, right before the full moon, I tied the hard copy of my manuscript up with ribbons and
Life isn’t a support-system for art…the tale of Simon the writing desk
Back in April, I read Stephen King’s On Writing (the year 2000 version with three forwards). The first time through,
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