Writers block isn’t just about the actual writing. It’s about the subconscious, underlying emotions that get in the way of writing. For deep rooted emotional blocks, many students set up private coaching sessions with me. In these sessions, we use cutting-edge hypnotic techniques to get under the surface, uncover the subconscious roots of your creative blocks, and eliminate them at the source.
Here’s something you can do today to put yourself on the path to discovering the writer within you: give yourself the permission to write badly.
All writers write badly, all the time. Even the true greats leave hundreds of discarded pages in their hard drives, never to see the light of day. Accepting that this is a natural part of the process allows you to focus your energy where it belongs: not on judging the pages, but on creating them.
Audrey says that she reminds her clients who are writers, to write for the “trash can.” This way they are freed up to write anything, anyway they want, since it is for the trash. It doesn’t have to be good. So much great writing has come “out of the trash can” writing. She learned this technique from someone who felt stuck in his music writing, and once he started thinking of writing this way it opened him up to his own creativity. That’s the great thing about being a coach, you learn from your clients. What is a stumbling block for one person may actually be just the key they need to feel free for another.
Jake says that when you give yourself permission to write badly, you are actually allowing inspiration in. You will notice that your writing becomes more fun and exciting, freer, and fuller. Writing ceases to be a chore, and begins to feel like an adventure. Before long, you’ll discover that you no longer have to drag yourself to your journal in the morning. You actually want to write!
Of course, there is a time when judging your work is important, when it’s time to invite the editing brain to the table, and give it free reign to pull apart the pages you’ve written. But it is not during the initial creation of your work. Remember, it is only by writing the bad stuff that you discover the good.
We are getting closer to the fr.ee teleseminar on “Re-programing the Mind to Stop Procrastination “. If you would like to Conquer Procrastination and Fear, This powerful teleSeminar is for you. Want to be invited?
GIFT: Everyone who has sent questions or who is doing Jake’s writers challenge, will receive an invitation to our upcoming seminar “Re-programing the Mind to Stop Procrastination“. A program for Creative, Intelligent People Who Get Stuck.”
For those of you new to teleseminars, this is an online event that you can listen to by phone or on your computer. It will be given January 2010. Details will be emailed to you shortly if you are on the invite list.
Attendees will have the opportunity to interact “live” with Dr Audrey Sussman.
There are two ways to be invited:
1. Sign up by going to the upper right side of this page, put you name and email and click on the “sign in here” tab. You’ll also receive a powerful yet easy to learn exercise for calming your mind.
2. Send a question to Audrey, the colored link, takes you to her email address. Just write down your question and your name and email, and send it off. We’ll look forward to interacting with you “in person”.