This week the biggest thing (and only thing) I felt that I was able to take away was from the talk that the author gave about his experience with effective writing and how we could apply it to our own. Before this week, I'm now realizing that I wasn't writing effectively at all, and this kind of goes along with a lesson my psychology professor taught in effective studying last week.
First of all, I learned that your writing space should be your writing space. From the author, I learned that you should have one designated spot for your writing to take place, whether that be a home office, desk, or just a quiet spot for exclusively writing only to happen. I think he brought up a good point, because, for example, if I were to write in the kitchen, I'd usually get sidetracked and eat a snack or something. To go along with that, my psych professor talked about a similar topic last week, but with studying, and I think they go together well. She told us that in order to effectively study, you must place yourself somewhere where other things don't happen. She said not to study in your room because that's where you sleep, so consequently you'll be thinking more about sleeping than studying and become too tired to get your work done. Along those same lines, there are certain things you shouldn't do while studying in your study space to avoid creating distractions that can become habits. For example, when you find a new study space, you should avoid bringing any electronics in this area so that you never have that distraction in the first place. Once your brain knows that your phone is sitting next to you and you can check it whenever you want, your thoughts will drift to that instead of your studying (or writing) just because you originally brought it into your study space at all. Another example would be food- if you introduce food into your study space, all you will ever think about when you're there is eating snacks. Overall, I think that these two lessons learned in different classes go together very well. I think that in order to study effectively you must do certain things to avoid distractions, and I think that in your writing space you must do the same. You must almost set rules for yourself when you first establish a writing space so that food, electronics, and other distractions don't cause you to lose your focus and make you less productive in your writing and studying. This week taught me many lessons about how to be a less distracted and effective writer, and I will definitely take them with me as I move forward. Click the button below to read about more ways to create an effective writing space.
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