Zone-Blockers keep us from experience the joy and freedom of writing in the Zone, that wonderful place within us filled with clarity, creativity, and unselfconscious ease. The last two posts were about busting Zone-Blockers: #1, The Big Miasma, and #2,
The Grey Fuzz: Zone-Blocker #2
This series of posts addresses those nasty phenomena that block us from experiencing the Zone—and the wonderful space of clarity, freedom, creativity, and unselfconscious ease that we feel when we write from the Zone. The Grey Fuzz is my Zone-Blocker
Busting the Zone-Blockers
I love the exquisite peace and focus that come of writing in the Zone. The words well up quickly, effortlessly, from a place deep within. Time and space disappear. I feel energized, clear, creative, and completely unselfconscious. But then, suddenly,
How You Tell Your Story
It’s not the story you tell—it’s how you tell the story. How often have we heard that? Many people say that there are only ten basic plots in all of literature. Or seven. Or twelve. Anyway, we human beings tell the