You will be amazed at how productive you become
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:04 am
Distractions cost you more time than you think. A distraction that only lasts 5 minutes costs you more energy and time to get back into the flow.
In addition, your brain wastes unnecessary resources when switching between different tasks.
We've all done it: written and checked WhatsApp or Instagram every now and then.
Leave it.
Award-winning author Nathan el salvador telegram screening Englander sums it up in one sentence:
“Turn off your cell phone.”
Nathan Englander
Skill #7: Murder and Strangle
Every author who has ever dealt with editing – that is, revising a text – has heard this advice:
"Kill your darlings."
This means: cut out everything that does not serve your text – no matter how much you love the passage.
Good authors are therefore merciless with their own texts. No matter how long they have worked on a sentence, a chapter or a character – fillers that eat up the reader's time must die.
I have a simple rule of thumb: when you've finished your text, try to shorten it by at least 10 percent. There's always something to be found.
In addition, your brain wastes unnecessary resources when switching between different tasks.
We've all done it: written and checked WhatsApp or Instagram every now and then.
Leave it.
Award-winning author Nathan el salvador telegram screening Englander sums it up in one sentence:
“Turn off your cell phone.”
Nathan Englander
Skill #7: Murder and Strangle
Every author who has ever dealt with editing – that is, revising a text – has heard this advice:
"Kill your darlings."
This means: cut out everything that does not serve your text – no matter how much you love the passage.
Good authors are therefore merciless with their own texts. No matter how long they have worked on a sentence, a chapter or a character – fillers that eat up the reader's time must die.
I have a simple rule of thumb: when you've finished your text, try to shorten it by at least 10 percent. There's always something to be found.