Comments on: Thinking in Blocks of Time

By: youtube.com

youtube.com — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:05:45 +0000

This is a great tip especially to those new to the blogosphere.
Brief but very precise info… Appreciate your sharing
this one. A must read post!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:16 +0000

On vacation now, this is what I needed to read. Not what I wanted, mind you, because I’m chomping at the bit to get back at it. But a pulled hammie gets me nowhere. Thanks again Steven.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:26:20 +0000

From a mom who is hard-wired to “get-it-done….now” this is such a calming reminder of how real writing is done. I’m coming back to my writing after being ill for a few months, and this post is timely for me – thank you from the bottom of my heart!

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:42:45 +0000

I love reading this insightful advice. Too many times I put pressure on myself to work and produce at all costs. It always leads to frustration. This takes some pressure off. Thank you!

By: tanlee

tanlee — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:05:49 +0000

Such great advice. Thank you!

By: Govind

Govind — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:55:56 +0000

You’re absolutely right, Mr. Pressfield. The horizon is long. Robert McKee noted in an interview that, “when I was at the university, I wrote…a number of short plays and I read them and I concluded: ‘this is the writing of a very immature person.’ But I was immature. And there was nothing I could do about that. So I put down writing for the next fifteen years before I picked it up again.”

Fifteen years! Probably not a bad idea to spend the first week (or year) getting warmed up.

By: Brahm Memone

Brahm Memone — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:20:14 +0000

Thank you Steven.
You are absolutely right about the instant gratification world we live in that tends get us worn out much more quickly.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:38:52 +0000

Once again you’ve written exactly what I needed to hear right now. I’m starting back on a script that I haven’t worked on for years. Your insight helps. Thank you!

By: Fi Phillips

Fi Phillips — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:33:19 +0000

Great post. I’m not on Day One but I am coming up against a humungous amount of resistance at the moment so setting myself a block of time is very useful. Thanks for sharing.

By: Billy Schmidt

Billy Schmidt — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:22:22 +0000

I read this just in time before starting on my “Day One” after returning home from 10 days of travel. I will work on X today, and build towards Y and Z.

Thanks!