Comments on: What I Learned From Writing Under Stress

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:33:06 +0000

Emma, strange isn’t it, sometimes too many deadlines can make us feel squashed and uncreative, but one really big deadline… it can sweep everything else out of the way, and help us to focus.

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:33:21 +0000

Yes, definitely, I agree. It's the deadline what saves our focus. Emmas last blog post..Dating Services – To Use Or Not To Use

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:44:49 +0000

It’s wonderful when that happens isnt it? Thanks again Karen

By: Mother Earth

Mother Earth — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:37:51 +0000

I sometimes surprise myself with brilliant phrasing

truth is I was darn impressed with the work you did joanna

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By: Joanna

Joanna — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:05:57 +0000

Karen, what a wonderful concept “shifting it into significance” – thank you

By: Mother Earth

Mother Earth — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:01:38 +0000

I absolutely think that the stress of any deadline moves something forward. You wrote about the responsibility of that deadline and shifting it into significance...I like that about you! Mother Earths last blog post..Aspartame Intoxication and Methanol Poisoning

By: Joanna

Joanna — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:02:12 +0000

Barbara, I think it all depends on the context. There are some forms of writing I couldn’t do like that, but in this kind of business environment I was able to get into that focus zone and switch everything else off.

I certainly wouldn’t want to blog under stress. My muse would protest too much!

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:21:12 +0000

Hi Joanna - Writing under stress is not my favorite method of writing, however like you said, it does have advantages. Although I try not to put myself in that position, I have found it's a great exercise in writing under adverse conditions. Barbara Swaffords last blog post..A.S.K. Darren Rowse of Proglogger - How Do We Increase Our Readership

By: Joanna

Joanna — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:29:26 +0000

Karen, writing in a den of rattlesnakes sounds stressful indeed. Sounds like you need a deadline for the ebook… or some more Twitter accountability ?

Ellen, yes, I think that’s what I’m grasping after here – we get a buzz from some circumstances that might appear stressful but in fact propel us to do more and better… whereas other things grind us down and sap our creativity. Working out which is which seems like one of the most important things we can learn – and folk like you can teach us!

By: Ellen Weber

Ellen Weber — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:11:14 +0000

Great post and discussion, Joanna. Interestingly, many of the folks we work with interchange stress with adrenneline rush, when these two both impact tasks such as writing. One is toxic and harmful and one is highly helpful. Have you noticed that too? Ellen Webers last blog post..Men use Logic, Women use Emotion