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27 / 04 / 11
New research from Kent University’s psychology department confirms what many of us already know from experience. Far from helping us become more efficient, the constant interruption of technology is weakening our ability to concentrate and slowing us down at work. With inboxes pinging and smartphones winking at us, we’re increasingly giving in to tempting but […]
You probably have something in common with everyone else who’s ever had writer’s block: you eventually got going. The problem is, that may well have been because your report was due first thing the next morning and the alternative was the Job Centre. But imagine if something other than blind necessity could break through that […]
Posted by: Catie Holdridge
26 / 04 / 11
‘Writing is easy: all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.’ So said Gene Fowler, the American journalist and author. If you – and your forehead – have ever felt the pain of writer’s block, it’s worth taking some advice from some distinguished […]
Fear is the underlying emotion behind writer’s block. An inability to start writing hours before deadline may trigger the fight or flight response, leaving us in a cold sweat and frowning at a blank screen. But psychologists have found that the causes of writer’s block are much more complicated than blind panic. The foundations of […]
27 / 03 / 11
Good writing is powerful. Bad writing belongs in Room 101. George Orwell, creator of that fictional torture chamber where people’s worst nightmares reside, determined to rid the world of the terrible writing habits he believed threatened our mother tongue. The six rules he laid out have been guiding writers in all fields since he wrote […]
Step away from the keyboard and pick up a pen. That’s the latest expert advice for anyone who wants to study and remember more effectively. We learn better when writing by hand than when we type, according to Anne Mangen, associate professor at the University of Stavanger in Norway, and neurophysiologist Jean-Luc Velay. Senses working […]
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