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By Carol Grannick on January 29, 2010
I noticed yesterday morning, recycling and garbage day in my neighborhood, that we had about one-third of our usual toss.
And because the idea of a post on The Irrepressible Writer came to mind, I trusted that what I’d noticed about our effort to decrease our garbage must have something to do with positivity and the [...]
Posted in Emotional Life Of Writers, Positivity for Writers, Resilient Writers | Tagged positivity, resilience
By Carol Grannick on January 7, 2010
I have a choice to think one way or the other. The positive choice energizes me to blog, write and enjoy the day inside.
That choice – and learning how to make and benefit from that choice in an ongoing way – is what The Irrepressible Writer is all about.
Posted in Emotional Life Of Writers, Learned Optimism, Positivity for Writers, Resilient Writers, The Writing Life, Uncategorized | Tagged Learned Optimism, positive emotions, positivity, writers' obstacles, writers' resilience
By Carol Grannick on January 5, 2010
THREE TIPS for your 2010 journey to becoming and staying an irrepressible writer:
1.Find comfort with your feelings.
Feelings are transient, but significant: what you think affects how you feel. Welcome feelings without judgment, but work to create more positive emotions by challenging irrational or prolonged negative emotions. If you [...]
Posted in Positivity for Writers, Resilient Writers, Uncategorized | Tagged Barbara Fredrickson, disputing thoughts, positivity, positivity ratio, Writing Tips
By Carol Grannick on December 30, 2009
As much as I love and devour fiction, particularly picture books, middle grade and young adult novels, the book that impacted my life and writing this year more than any other was Dr. Barbara Fredrickson’s POSITIVITY (Crown, 2009).
I needed a post-it note on almost every page to keep track of all the salient points!
The most [...]
Posted in Positivity for Writers, Resilient Writers | Tagged Barbara Fredrickson, positive emotions, Positive Psychology
By Carol Grannick on December 21, 2009
You don’t need me to tell you that as a writer, you’re not supposed to take rejections personally. You’re supposed to get past them and get back to writing. You’re supposed to…
You get the idea. And you know the idea.
Lots of fabulous writers’ sites provide encouragement to learn from rejections and move on – move [...]
Posted in Emotional Life Of Writers, rejection, Resilient Writers, The Writing Life | Tagged resilience, writers' rejection
By Carol Grannick on December 15, 2009
I work at home in both of my professions, clinical social work and writing, with a comfortable office in which I see clients and groups, and a desk adjacent to the kitchen where my computer sits, and where I enter handwritten work, edit, blog…and make lists.
Not electronic lists. Lists on index cards.
I love lists. They calm me. They give [...]
Posted in Emotional Life Of Writers, Resilient Writers, The Writing Life | Tagged Time to write
By Carol Grannick on December 10, 2009
You want to get to work. You think about getting to work. You’ve got one, two, seven projects on your mind.
But nothing happens. You walk past your writing space and imagine yourself writing. Your heart glides over and sits at the desk. But your body stays away.
Why can’t you work?
Maybe you get agitated. Then you get annoyed that [...]
Posted in Emotional Life Of Writers, Learned Optimism, Positivity for Writers, Resilient Writers, The Writing Life | Tagged Barbara Fredrickson, writer's block
By Carol Grannick on December 7, 2009
I couldn’t wait to get back to novel writing this morning after a prolonged, chosen and necessary time away due to a family death. My middle grade novel in verse called to me, and I answered.
I’m going to get a bunch of writing done this morning!
But by the time I put my current partial draft in front [...]
Posted in Emotional Life Of Writers, Learned Optimism, Positivity for Writers, Resilient Writers | Tagged Caravaggio's Medusa, creativity, writer's block
By Carol Grannick on November 19, 2009
I like things simple and clear. Years ago, I went to a workshop about giving workshops. One thing in particular stayed with me. The presenter believed that a ”lesson” should never have more than three main points.
I really liked that, maybe because it’s true, and maybe because my own brain likes and remembers three things easily…No coincidence [...]
Posted in Emotional Life Of Writers, Learned Optimism, Resilient Writers | Tagged adversity, Barbara Fredrickson
By Carol Grannick on November 13, 2009
You know those folks who seem to have an inborn ability to see the positive in whatever happens? I mean, they don’t even have to try to be optimistic?
Hmm. Well, I don’t. Not too many, anyway. For most of us, trying to find and maintain a positive attitude can be difficult, especially in the face of [...]
Posted in Emotional Life Of Writers, Learned Optimism, Resilient Writers | Tagged Martin Seligman, optimistic explanatory style, pessimistic explanatory style
