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My new writing resolution is out before in. That is, I should focus on producing output, which is finishing all my writing tasks for the day, before I take in any inputs like reading, watching, or listening to anything. This is a modified idea from Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way where she advises that artists do an input detox week every now and then. Cameron says that sometimes writers use reading to procrastinate, and also, having a deluge of inputs disables the artist from listening to her own mind.
The first time I did this, it was really uncomfortable. I’d unconsciously play my iTunes, grab a book when I go to the bathroom, open Facebook, etc. Bleak, empty, and silent, then boom! Thoughts came racing in. I kept writing, and writing, and writing.
How about you? Have you tried an input detox? How did it work for you? Leave a comment below!
Check out my other writing posts:
- Writing Tip: Break It Down
- Writing Exercise: The Morning Pages
- Writing Exercise: A-Z Sentences
- Evolving Writing Habits
- The Light
- Where Writing Exercises Meet
- Descriptive Essay: Think before You Act
- To be Read, To be Loved
- Tell Another Story
- Free Writing Adventures
- Particularity of I Love You
- My Writing Journey So Far
- Writing Tip: Make a Pact with the Universe
- Writing Tips: Try Writing Prompts
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