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How to calm your inner monologue in an unspecified number of confusing steps

How to calm your inner monologue in an unspecified number of confusing steps

The easiest thing to write about is not writing. That is followed closely by wisdom about how to write. For the sake of ending my recent writing drought, I’m resorting to the former, with flourishes of the latter, if I still have it in me to pull off flourishes. We will see. I’ve had an […]

Posted on May 23, 2015May 24, 2015 by Samir Bharadwaj in Writing

Why to Overcome Writer’s Block

Why to Overcome Writer's Block

There is much said and written by writers on how to overcome writer’s block, but I’m considering a more basic question. Why should you overcome writer’s block? The answer seems obvious, so that you can write. Why do you want to write? Because you’re a writer. Why are you a writer? Because you must write.

Posted on April 23, 2010January 28, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj in Writing

7 Tricks You Need to Fight Procrastination

7 Tricks You Need to Fight Procrastination

All the ideas and brainstorming in the world can’t help you if you don’t take action and do something about them. In any process of creation your greatest enemy is always procrastination. If you ever wish to be someone who actually achieves something, rather than one of the many who had all the best ideas, […]

Posted on November 25, 2007May 7, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj in Creative Ideas

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