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How Do You Procrastinate? Tips to Recognize How You Avoid Your Writing and What to Do about It

How Do You Procrastinate? Tips to Recognize How You Avoid Your Writing and What to Do about It

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Mary Carroll Moore
Jun 01, 2018
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How Do You Procrastinate? Tips to Recognize How You Avoid Your Writing and What to Do about It
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Many writers I talk with are masters at procrastination, yet they manage to complete and publish books regularly.  What's that about?  

Here's what I've learned:

* they've also mastered a particular kind of self-talk

* they use routines or disciplines

* they work with self-imposed or other-imposed deadlines

* they promise themselves rewards when they meet a …

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