10 ways to minimize distractions and stay focused on your writing
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Writing requires concentration. You will need to set yourself up for success and take responsibility for preventing interruptions or distractions during your writing time. This deck will share 10 ways to minimize writing distractions so you can stay focused on your writing and help you develop a sustainable writing habit and demolish writer’s block.TRANSCRIPT
Ways toMinimize
Distractionsand Stay Focused
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on Your WritingWriting
Writing requires concentration.
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Every time you get interrupted, you lose a few minutes.
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Studies say that it takes anywhere from 5 to 25
minutes to regain the level of focus you
had before getting interrupted.
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When you’ve only got an hour or so a
day to make progress, you need to keep that time
sacred.
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You need to take responsibility
for preventing distractions while
writing.
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Wear noise-canceling earphones.
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Wear earplugs.
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Listen toinstrumental music.3
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Invest in a white noise machine and play it.
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Work in a space where you can closethe door and block out sounds from
the rest of the house.
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Sit in a remote part of a park, restaurant or coffee shop, away from loud talkers or groups.
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Put on your blinders and refuse to look up from your computer screen when things happen around you.
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Remind yourself that this is your
sacred time; refuse to engage with the waitress or people in your household.
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Clear your writing desk of all unnecessary items.
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Silence your computer and phone so you
won’t hear the “ding” when you
get a new email or text message.
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You can generate a high word count in a short amount of time
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The trick is to focus on writing and nothing else for at least an hour each day.
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Are YOU ready to make this happen?
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