Post by Mary McCall on Mar 18, 2013 1:02:01 GMT -6
Free Your Inner Writer: Step Four
If you’ve managed to get through Step Three, that’s a good thing. It should tell you that you’re serious enough about your writing to dig inside your psyche and root out anything that may disturb you or hinder your progress as a writer.
Now it’s time for you to write your own affirmation. In your notebook, develop a statement personal to you, motivational to you, and that can serve you as a constant attitude-adjusting statement in relation to your writing on a daily basis. To write this statement, merely take any fear you have identified and write a statement to reverse it.
As you develop this statement, keep the following in mind:
1. Relax. (Did I really need to mention this?)
2. Write the statement in the present tense.
3. It’s an affirmation. Write it in a purely positive manner.
4. The statement should describe an action.
5. The avowal should be written as if the action has already taken place.
6. Limit your affirmation to one sentence.
7. As with all other steps, do not forget to record any thoughts, emotions or reactions related to this process in your notebook.
Most people find they need to write more than one affirmation. For now, begin by writing a statement that directly attacks your greatest fear concerning writing. In your notebook, write your personal affirmation ten times a day for however long you feel is necessary. Copy this statement and place it in strategic locations throughout your home, car and work place (the last if possible).
Next, take your second greatest fear and develop a new statement using this fear following the same procedure. Continue to do this until you feel you have in remaining identifiable fears.
After you have affirmations negating all your fears, it’s time to move on to Step Five.
If you’ve managed to get through Step Three, that’s a good thing. It should tell you that you’re serious enough about your writing to dig inside your psyche and root out anything that may disturb you or hinder your progress as a writer.
Now it’s time for you to write your own affirmation. In your notebook, develop a statement personal to you, motivational to you, and that can serve you as a constant attitude-adjusting statement in relation to your writing on a daily basis. To write this statement, merely take any fear you have identified and write a statement to reverse it.
As you develop this statement, keep the following in mind:
1. Relax. (Did I really need to mention this?)
2. Write the statement in the present tense.
3. It’s an affirmation. Write it in a purely positive manner.
4. The statement should describe an action.
5. The avowal should be written as if the action has already taken place.
6. Limit your affirmation to one sentence.
7. As with all other steps, do not forget to record any thoughts, emotions or reactions related to this process in your notebook.
Most people find they need to write more than one affirmation. For now, begin by writing a statement that directly attacks your greatest fear concerning writing. In your notebook, write your personal affirmation ten times a day for however long you feel is necessary. Copy this statement and place it in strategic locations throughout your home, car and work place (the last if possible).
Next, take your second greatest fear and develop a new statement using this fear following the same procedure. Continue to do this until you feel you have in remaining identifiable fears.
After you have affirmations negating all your fears, it’s time to move on to Step Five.