Spent time writing again this week, with a few internal changes I had to make. For one, I hadn’t written this much in about two years when I snuck in some free time at my former job to work on a creative project. Now I’m back at it and determined to stick with the writing for a while by getting rid of all the mental clutter I’ve added in my mind.

Mental Clutter is a term I’m throwing up there when your mind is full of thoughts pertaining to your job, the commute, personal issues or other challenges that take away the joy of sitting back in your chair and getting in touch with your manuscript. The clutter adds to the writing blocks that form in your head and cause you to stop in the middle of your fiction or non-fiction project. When I used to write my stories by hand, I would crank out five or six pages a day. When I started typing my words out, I would go an extra page (seven) in certain parts of the day depending on the workload of my job.

Because I’ve been involved with other literary activities, I didn’t make the time like I used to finishing up that manuscript. I guess I had lost the discipline over time to focus on one novella or short story and see it through. Two years ago, I could do that in a quiet focused environment, so I’m just learning how to do it all over again. I’m sure you’ve heard from veteran authors of the various places they love to write, and there are many. Wherever you choose, just take advantage of your writing spot and eliminate as much mental clutter as you can. That means dealing with stressful issues first so you have time to have a clear mind when you start that masterpiece you’ve always dreamed of.

Hope that ‘helpful tip’ was a good one for you aspiring authors out there!

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