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“Which brings us to one more biological reality that makes writing hard: negativity bias.”
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“In this state, you experience the benefits of decreased self-criticism and increased creativity (aka flow).”
“It’s all just part of being human.”
“The regions of the brain involved in this kind of mental goofing off are called the Default Mode Network , a term coined by Marcus Raichle .”
“Even though it can sometimes feel like magic, flow is a predictable response to the right conditions.”
“Mindfulness doesn’t eliminate fear or self-doubt, I want to be honest about that.”
“The urge to abandon your work starts to feel less like a command and more like background noise.”
“As a writing coach, the practice I invite all of my clients to try is called Insight Meditation, and before you dismiss this as woo and click away, hear me out.”
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“For writers, undirected mental energy can (ideally) be a source of creativity, but left to its own devices, the mind does not naturally drift toward gratitude and wonder.”
“Pretty quickly after that, you run out of neural processing power to maintain the internal yapping of your inner critic.”
“And your puny human processing power gets used up quickly.”
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“Eisenberger in 2004 explored how our brains evolved to fear social pain.”
“It gravitates toward threat.”
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“When the artist or athlete was highly focused on meeting the challenge, time seemed to stretch.”