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Discussion Forum > Writing projects

My job requires a lot of writing of documents that may be 20 pages each or more. Procrastination and resistance around writing has been a lifelong issue for me (you might wonder why I've chosen to work in an area that requires so much writing -- I wonder the same thing, but for the moment, I've got these commitments (& deadlines) & must meet them). What I have on my Autofocus list for one writing project is several tasks in the pattern of Write (topic), with "topic" being a section of the thing I need to write. I am finding that I'm just as resistant to doing this on an Autofocus list as on any other list. I also realize that resistance and procrastination around writing is not uncommon. I'm wondering how other people deal with this in the context of Autofocus -- any particularly helpful ways you've found to break down writing projects? to phrase them? etc.

Many thanks!

January 7, 2009 at 18:07 |

Molly

Molly:

I wrote a reply to someone else at http://www.markforster.net/forum/post/622031#post622066 which I think would be helpful to you. It sounds as if you would be best using a fixed period of writing in which you have to produce a fixed number of words per day.

January 7, 2009 at 18:22 |

Mark Forster