If mind clutter is preventing you from getting started on your book, a simple trick to help both clear the mental clutter and formulate an action plan is to ‘Download your thoughts’.

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We live in an era that is busier than ever.  Technology, long working hours, the ‘pressure’ to have work life balance, family demands – all of these things are packed into our lives and the result is that we fall victim to a bad habit that is the deadliest of all – because we don’t even realise that it is bad!  I’m referring to a ‘hurry habit’!

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Many non fiction writers have done books based upon lessons they themselves have learned.  It’s a safe bet that if tackling something has frustrated you then it will be frustrating others too, and a well worded guide to how to overcome the issue would make a great book.

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This is part two of the ‘Top 10 Stress Busters’ guide to unlocking your creativity, or in other words, how to get through all your daily tasks and find time to be creative for your writing!

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In an ideal world authors would be able to live in their creative bubble and work until they had met their daily word target before dealing with the rest of ‘real life’.  Unfortunately, this isn’t possible for most of us who are writing alongside our other commitments, and when you’ve had to be in ‘left brain’ analytical mode all day, just getting things done, it’s tricky to get into the ‘right brain’ creative mindset needed to write.

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