Why consistency, not inspiration, is the key to success
This is one of those Mondays where the desire to write anything in this journal is just not there.
So began my first journal entry of the week. A journal entry I had no desire or motivation to write.
But I forged ahead. I pushed my pen across the notebook paper and scrawled:
Continue reading “‘Inspiration is for amateurs’”New research suggests that writing by hand helps us remember.
These past couple of years, as I’ve begun to take the craft of writing more seriously, I’ve found that writing by hand tends to make me more thoughtful and more engaged in the writing process. Also, when I compose ideas for stories on paper, I tend to have better recall of those ideas than those I tap out on a computer, smartphone notes app, or tablet.
Now there’s some research that supports the idea that writing by hand helps us remember.
Continue reading “Writing (by hand) to remember”
Andy writes! 