By Carol Grannick on September 23, 2010
Unwanted empty writing time can be a breeding ground for gratuitous negativity.
If you’ve ever faced unwanted empty writing time between projects, or while waiting to hear from an editor, critique partners or agent, you may know what I mean.
Sure, you know the solution: “Get to work on something else.” But what if nothing else is [...]
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By Carol Grannick on November 9, 2009
Martin Seligman, Director of the Department of Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and researcher into learned optimism and happiness, uses a process of “disputation” evolving from cognitive therapy. This ABCDE process outlines the necessary steps to challenge Pessimistic Explanatory Style and change it to Optimistic Explanatory Style.
Why is this so important to writers? Because writers lose [...]
Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It | Tagged dispute pessimistic thinking, how to dispute, pessimistic thinking
