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 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 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
