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Article Title: Do The Unfamiliar To Keep Your Writing Going
Author Name: Catherine Franz
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Category: Writing
Article URL: http://www.AbundanceCenter.com
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Doing the unfamiliar is the only way to release the right side of the brain to flow again. Find out what�s holding it up and what you can do about it.

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One of the best ways to blow someone's winning
streak during a tennis game is to comment on how
great they are doing. Your comment will kick in their
left brain's inner critic which will zap their flow and
change their focus. In tennis this is an underhanded
type of gamesmanship.

In life, it happens to each of us all the time. Even
writers.

In writing, the same thing occurs as soon as the
right side of the brain, the right hemisphere, gets a
break, the left side begins editorializing. Even if the
left side compliments you on your progress or the
time you committed, it still zaps the flow. Flow
stops, hiccups, and the writing or idea doesn't get to
the next step.

This is an event that affects us all in more than just
writing.

There is not any particular timeframe when this
occurs either. It may occur when writing something
short, like an article, memo, or email. Or it might not
occur until chapter six of your book. This is why the
freewriting exercise works so well. It allows your
right brain to tell the left side to shut up for
particular amount of time.

There is actually only one way to get the writing
flowing again. It is doing some thing unfamiliar.
When you are doing something unfamiliar the left
side doesn't know how to logically respond. The left
side then can't be its helpful self. Flow, intuition,
and ideas naturally return with a renewed rhythm.

Whenever I am trying to describe something, my
logic side kicks in and brings the next action to a
halt. The self talk begins to say, ��How can any
words describing this beautiful sunrise?�� Since
drawing isn't a familiar item for me, I pull out a few
drawing pencils or a water color brush and play. The
drawing isn't something I do often. If I did, it would
then become familiar and that self would stop me. It
doesn't take but a few minutes of doing something
unfamiliar before the flow flourishes again and I am
able to return to the description or writing.

Always remember, all the words we use in our first
draft look like ordinary words. It isn't until later that
their appearance changes to extraordinary.

The left self is always telling us that every day
scenes or objects are just ordinary.. A mere beer
bottle on the side of the road can receive a
message, ��So what.�� When we push the situation
we usually ask, ��How can I make this come alive?��
By doing something unfamiliar in the mind or in some
type of action can we release the right side to the
freedom to find the words. Do so by seeing the
ordinary. Describing the ordinary. At this moment
you begin using both sides of the brain. I guarantee
that whatever you write will never be ordinary.
Extraordinary writing is ordinary writing practiced.

About the Author:
Catherine Franz, life and business coach and marketing master,
specializes in infoproduct development. More at:
http://www.MarketingStrategiesToGo.com and
http://www.AbundanceCenter.com. Including articles
and ezines.

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