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Aug 29Liked by Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Great advice! Thanks for sharing - I definitely suffer from blank page syndrome but I'm very good at writing in my head...usually at inconvenient times to "zero draft" like while I'm driving or walking or something. Have you had any luck with talk to text? I find it really uncomfortable to speak out loud when I'm by myself, but I also hate letting good ideas go to waste...

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Thanks, Frank!

My zero drafting often occurs at inconvenient times too.

Talk to text is a great tool, and I'm glad you mentioned it. I don't use it, but I should! A lot of my best thoughts come to me when I'm running, and I often find myself clumsily typing out ideas on my phone while trying to run. Not ideal! Talk to text would definitely make it easier.

I sometimes get ideas, too, when I'm driving and listening to audio books. When I hear a passage that resonates with me, I'll usually screen grab the timestamp on my phone so that I can go back and listen to it/write down the passage.

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Aug 29Liked by Mallary Tenore Tarpley

Well, to be honest, I'm handling procrastination right now by reading your newsletter about procrastination. But this is all good advice! The part about finding the ideal setting rings especially true to me, as I don't have an office or even a place where I can shut the door in my house. I used to be more bothered by my lack of a dedicated writing space, but then I decided to just get over myself and write anyway. I like what Natalie Goldberg says: "If you need a room of your own, then get one. But don't make a big deal about it."

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Thanks, Sarah!

That's a great Natalie Goldberg quote!

I sometimes feel like a roving writer; in the course of a few hours of writing, I'll sometimes move from my desk, to the kitchen table, to the couch. The change of scenery helps.

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