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Tips from mindfulness and mind wandering to improve your writing style, habits, and attitude. Become a mindful writer.
What is this course about?
This is an unconventional course. I take a different approach to teaching writing skills. Sure, you can memorize a bunch of grammar rules and fancy-sounding words; you can read the classic writing style guides. Those are good uses of your time, and obviously you need a decent grasp of grammar. But memorizing rules and words won’t make you a better writer.
I’ve read tons of style books and websites, and took several writing courses in university. And what did I learn? I learned that all good advice on being a better writer is basically the same, except no one says it in a straight forward way. So let me spare you the time and effort: Good writing comes from mindful writing.
What is mindful writing? It’s basically taking principles of mindfulness and applying them to writing and editing. I take a psychological and experiential approach to becoming a better writer. I think this is much more fruitful than taking a purely technical/academic approach. That’s because I believe that being a good writer comes from having the right mindset. And that mindset is what I focus on in this course.
What will you learn in this course?
You will learn about mindfulness and acceptance and how to apply these to your writing. You will learn different kinds of mind wandering and how the right style of mind wandering can promote creative problem-solving. You will learn how to deal with writer’s block. And you will learn concrete tips along with real examples of improving sloppy writing.
Why is the instructor qualified to teach this?
I’ve published four books (and am working on two more right now! and over 100 research articles. I’ve received praise for my clear and easy writing style for decades. And several of my teachers when I was a kid told me I should be a writer when I grow up
What you’ll learn
- Tips to improve your writing
- How to have a positive and mindful attitude in writing and in life
- The benefits of mind wandering (really!)
- How to overcome writer’s block
- Concrete tips for improving your writing style
Who this course is for:
- Students
- Professionals
- Yeah, anyone, really
Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Improve these sentences
2 Why master writing
3 Mindfulness and writing
What is mindful writing
4 What is the mind
5 The self thinking and writing
6 Mindfulness aspect 1 being present
7 Mindfulness aspect 2 acceptance
8 Exercise focusedattention mindfulness
9 The myth of multitasking
10 How to write mindfully
11 How to edit mindfully
12 Start with an intention and a goal
13 The perfect environment for writing
Mind wandering for creative insight
14 Mindfulness vs mind wandering for writing
15 What is mind wandering day dreaming
16 Types of mind wandering
17 Exercise Deliberate positive mind wandering
18 Exercise Spontaneous mind wandering
19 Common misconceptions about mind wandering
20 The incubation effect
21 Your brain while mind wandering
The five stages of writing
22 Stage 1 Brainstorm freeflow
23 Stage 1 Brainstorm practice
24 Stage 2 First draft
25 Stage 2 Tips for writing the first draft
26 Stage 3 Editing
27 Stage 3 Tips for editing
28 Stage 4 Feedback
29 Stage 5 Finalizing
Write with style
30 Forget grammar focus on style simplicity and substance
31 Download practice sentences
32 Omit needless words
33 Avoid fancy words
34 Use unambiguous terms
35 Write simple
36 Use the active voice
37 Phrase in the positive
38 Use agentive verbs with agent nouns
39 Avoid ambiguities
40 Put the most important information first
41 Use action and visualization
42 Engage the reader
Overcome writers block
43 The two causes of writers block
44 Write an abstractsummary
45 Back to brainstorming write something else
46 Expanding on existing ideas
47 Use a speechtotext app
48 Accept your anxiety
49 Perfection is the enemy of progress
50 Be you
51 Write for one person not for everyone
Improve my writing
52 Introduction and resources
53 Writing sample 1
54 Writing sample 2
55 Writing sample 3
Bonus section
56 Bonus lecture
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