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Jackson Pollock
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National Novel Writing Month, 2007
call for submissions
• Third Person Press •
what: Undercurrents Anthology
speculative fiction/poetry
who: Cape Breton Island writers
when: deadline March 15, 2008
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An Imaginary Deadline
February 12, 2007 |
[-tip, practices-]
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Most of us tend to work better and - more importantly, finish! - if we have a deadline. If you don’t have a *real* one, try this as a mental trick.
Seek out a real world or an online individual or group. Set imaginary, but realistic, deadlines for yourselves and then urge each other to stick to them.
You’ll be surprise how much it helps even when the deadline has no consequences associated with it.
It’s also amazing how much it motivates to know that someone *out there* cares whether or not you keep going!
Don’t be discouraged if you have to try several groups or people before you find the right rapport. Discovering like-minded people is worth it, so keep looking if you haven’t found them yet.
If you belong to a group that helps in this way, post a comment to let others know.
For writers: NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month
For artists: Illustration Friday
also posted in: Creative un-Blockers , Art - process, craft, tutorials , Writing - technique, craft, tips , Motivation , The Original PCQ, 05-06 , Practice & Practices
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Results of our previous poll
What is your biggest creativity problem?too many projects at once can't get in the groove not enough time everything else takes priority self-doubts
other ['not enough talent']27% 20% 20% 15% 15%
5%
I think deadlines are a great motivator.