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Focusing on focus.

This is where we get started.

Hello and welcome to the first episode of “Here’s One Thing About Writing,” a video series that tackles a single writing challenge in each episode, offering strategies and tricks I’ve used to handle these challenges. We’re kicking things off by focusing on focus.

How many times have you sat down to write and, instead, spent hours staring at a blinking cursor on an empty screen? Or maybe you’re the type who does get words out even though you know you’re not really going anywhere with them. I’ve done my share of both. Here’s why that happens and how I’ve handled it: