The Scribner's Hovel

 A problem that many aspiring writers deal with is eliminating distractions. This does not only amount to noise, but also other problems like trying to get your mind straight to focus on the task at hand. It is not an easy task; I go through it myself. But I also know that there are tips and techniques that can help a struggling writer get through this. While distractions are not necessarily the same as writer's block, they are one of the key problems a writer has to deal with in the creative process, along with writer's block itself and a lack of motivation.  The first thing to know is that distractions are intermittent problems. They are solvable and easy to overcome with persistence, though the longer-term issue of establishing a regimen is a longer-term commitment.  Distractions are always easy to address. The first thing you need to do is find the sources of distraction. Obviously, the noise problem is omnipresent, but that can  be manageable when you adjust to ...

The participation that Writing Allows   The funny thing that the summaries on the back of some DVDs and VHSs have is how they always invite the viewers into partaking in the events of the movie: “Join Shrek as you help him retake his swamp” on the back of the oldest Shrek DVDs is funny given that the movie’s plot has already been set in stone, even before it got released.             The assumptions that those summaries unconsciously make that the audience can change such events is funny. The plots of movies are always “set in stone” because it is basically the act of someone writing a history (fictional, nonetheless), which a history cannot be rewritten since we common folk lack the wherewithal to alter such events, but it is history in that it is something a person had written and is available for reading.             Furthermore, this means that the kinds of ...