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Joseph Éamon Cummins

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Dublin, Ireland

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Fiction, Psychology, Self Help

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Joseph Éamon Cummins I have listened to hundreds of writers describe their experiences with writer's block. It's true to say that there is no panacea, no one 'solution' th…moreI have listened to hundreds of writers describe their experiences with writer's block. It's true to say that there is no panacea, no one 'solution' that will work all the time for everyone.
However, from my work in psychology (I'm a humanistic-organisational psychologist) I have learned - and tested over time - two approaches that have proved successful for many of the writers with whom I have worked.
Writer's block is a mental phenomenon. Ideas are all around us, we have fertile minds, we're competent scribes, but somehow an internal obstacle is stopping the flow of relevant ideas. So, begin writing another story (presuming you're a fiction writer)! This is what I advise first. Start another story (or scene) with no plan for how long you will continue, and be genuine and committed in what you write. There's a good chance that what needs to click will click, and your block will disappear. What's gratifying here is that you may have lined up your next project, or a new scene, for your current work.
My second suggestion is to begin 'automatic writing'. Take a blank sheet of paper (some writers believe pen and paper fire the brain better) or start typing at your keyboard. Let your hand write without directing it. You'll probably start out with no faith in this approach. Do it anyway. Give your brain an opportunity to surprise you, which it can do. The fact is, our unconscious is often smarter than our conscious mind (what we think we know).
Whatever you try, at very least keep an open mind. If you remain cynical, chances are you will prevent your own progress.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Joseph Éamon Cummins For me, as for many writers, it is creating a piece of 'art', no different from the painter. Painter and writer both begin with a blank canvas. When t…moreFor me, as for many writers, it is creating a piece of 'art', no different from the painter. Painter and writer both begin with a blank canvas. When the piece is completed, something that never was now exists, regardless of how satisfied you are with it.
WB Yeats said: 'The painter's brush consumes his dream'. Meaning that the dream in the artist's imagination (writer or painter) is now a real 'thing', now defined by paint or words.
And if we don't paint it or write it, there's every chance it will fade into the grey soup of the brain, to be lost forever. Perhaps this is what fires writers more than anything.
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Christmas #1 Novel . . . Thanks!

Members of GoodReads are aware that I released a novel in late June - On the Edge of the Loch: A Psychological Novel set in Ireland (http://amzn.to/28RRRdt).
Now, excellent news! The book has hit #1 in five Amazon categories: Action & Adventure, British (Literature), Mystery-thriller-suspense, sea adventures, and psychological fiction.
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“Who was it that made the salesman think that way? Clearly, it was you. You put those thoughts in his head, you pulled the strings, you controlled the tone and progress of the negotiation, and eventually you set the final price and terms. You had power.”
― Joseph Éamon Cummins, Not One Dollar More!: How to Save $3,000 to $30,000 Buying Your Next Home

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“Just gather details of asking and selling prices of homes already sold, information on homes currently for sale, neighborhood characteristics and trends, the condition and direction of the local housing market, and so on,”
― Joseph Éamon Cummins, Not One Dollar More!: How to Save $3,000 to $30,000 Buying Your Next Home

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“Because one of the best-kept secrets of negotiation is this: Success comes from acting and sounding genuine, ordinary, reasonable, non-expert, detached, non-threatening and even somewhat indifferent. The slick, aggressive, high-power, ego-driven negotiator is a myth, the stuff of Hollywood and dramatic novels.”
― Joseph Éamon Cummins, Not One Dollar More!: How to Save $3,000 to $30,000 Buying Your Next Home

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