Throughout my entire writing career I have always had difficulty writing. For one I have never enjoyed it because I am usually not interested in the topic. I also seem to get writers block half way thru whenever I write a paper. My final big problem with writing is that I always procrastinate before I have a paper due. My main problems with writing are procrastinating and having writers block. Writers from professional to elementary students suffer from writers block. Writers block is when you cannot think of anything to write. Writers block is usually caused by stress. The brain then has a reaction which disables its ability to put what it is thinking on to paper. As Patricia Huston describes it, “The right, or creative, side of the brain, seeks to create (in this case, write). This induces the left, or analytic, side of the brain to anticipate all the problems that this action could entail, causing it to go into "overdrive" and inhibit the ability to write.” (Paticia Huston)One knows if they have writers block if they are staring at a computer screen or piece of paper for a long period of time. You also know you have it if the writer just feels unwilling to write or is simply just disinterested in the topic. Avoiding writers block is almost impossible since almost everybody experiences it, but there are still many ways to help prevent or cure it. One simple way to write faster is to just try to not write a perfect paper on the first try. What I mean by this is to just get a first draft done quickly. This way you can just have your paper done and then look at what needs to be improved and perfect it that way. Another simple tip is to split up your paper into steps. So instead of writing a paper all at once in five hours, whi... ... middle of paper ... ...block. What I also need to do is stop procrastinating by being more confident and have more motivation to write. I will use the fact that there are a ton of negative consequences to procrastinating as my motivation. From my research I will write more leisurely and at a more efficient pace. Works Cited Klassen, Robert, Lindsey Krawchuk, and Sukaina Rajani. "Academic procrastination of undergraduates: Low self-efficacy to self-regulate predicts higher levels of procrastination." Contemporary Educational Psychology. 33.4 (2008): 915-931. Web. 6 Nov. 2011. . Huston, Patricia. "Resolving writer's block." Canadian family physician. 44. (1998): 92-97. Web. 6 Nov. 2011. . Schuhl, Anthony. Personal Interview. 18/11/2011.
In the essay “Getting Started” by Anne Lamott. The author reaches out to her students and other fellow writers who struggle to overcome the infamous writer’s block. Thought out her paper she gives us hints and tips to train and prep us for our future papers. Her tips range from training you mind to prepare for a long and often strenuous essay, learning to take information in slowly to not overwork your brain and the last one always tell the truth in your essay. She threads through her essay that writing may be hard and seems like there is no silver lining but it’s not impossible to do. When done reading this essay I widely agree with Lamott’s writing ideas and tips they can be helpful for many struggling students. As one myself I found
In the book Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, part three focuses writers block. “Writers Block” is the term for when an author can not get he/shes thoughts together and is unable to present them on paper. She explains the feelings of writers block as “anxious”. She explains that writers block is inevitable to everyone. She explains that “you will read what little you’ve written lately and see with absolute clarity that it is total dog shit”, this was an amazing writing technique because for such a scary topic, she added humor.
Woods also found a resolution to writer’s block. “Just write. Even if it doesn't make sense. Write many versions of the same thing until you like it. Just stopping has never worked for me and often makes me procrastinate, so even if I write something and it doesn't make sense, I write.” She says, if that doesn’t work, writers should, “…take a break and grab a drink...preferably from Wiggly Bridge Distillery :-D”
Procrastination may be responsible for late assignments, cramming revision for tests and social anxiety, all of which can often result in a poorer performance than the person is actually capable of achieving (Lee 2005; Lay & Schouwenburg 1993). So what is the reason for procrastination? Well, there are many explanations. Some researchers see procrastination as a personality trait (Lay 1986).The interest of procrastination is usually revolved around students and academia. Research has shown the importance of understanding procrastination in an academic setting, for instance academic procrastination is experienced by approximately 80%-95% of college students (Ellis & Knaus 1977). Studies show that at least 50% of undergraduate students frequently procrastinate (Hedin 2012). And 65% of students want to stop procrastinating (Solomon & Rothblum 1984). Even though many researchers focus on the destructive impacts that procrastination can have on a person’s life, for some procrastination is not always a negative behaviour. Research shows that individuals who procrastinate try to justify their behaviour and fall back on phrases such as, “I do my best work under pressure”
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The first reason why I don’t sit down and write is that I don’t know what to write about. I just have nothing in my head to write about the particular topic. Often, I begin with a couple of sentences and stop because I don’t have good thoughts to continue. In these cases, begin to ...
I have always been a pretty good writer. Throughout my educational career, especially in high school, I have written a lot of papers. This has provided an immense amount of practice, and has adapted my writing process through the years. The central idea to my writing process has always been to just sit down, get out a pen and paper or computer, and let it flow. Usually this works, but when it doesn’t, especially for papers that are about more complex ideas, I have to adapt my writing process to make sure that I have put everything I have in my brain onto the paper. That goes along with the mindset about writing that I have. That is, I believe that I should write every single paper like it’s going to be my masterpiece. Sometimes, there are strategies
When it comes to me and writing, I stress out. I honestly hate writing and it’s probably because I am horrible and punctuations and that is so important and I just generally dislike it. I always get writers block. Even if I had the chance to pick the topic
Schouwenbug, Henri C., and Clarry H. Lay, and Timothy A. Pychyl, and Joseph R. Ferrari. Counseling the Procrastinator in Academic Settings. Washington: American Psychological Association, 2004. Print.
Solomon, L., & Rothblum, E. (1984). Academic procrastination: Frequency and cognitive-behavioral correlates. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 31, 503-509.
American psychotherapist, author and lecture Wayne Dyer once said, “Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.” When one procrastinates, they put things off to be done last minute, which then leads to stress, unhappiness and failure. As a college student Procrastination hinders my academic caree6r. Students procrastinate because they get distracted, overwhelmed by the task or just lazy, however students can overcome procrastination by developing a schedule, carefully planning academic task and improving time management. My personal experinces, O'Reilly, Sally’s article, and Edwin C. Bliss’s book will validate my panaceas to procrastination.
Procrastination develops like a credit card that satisfies with happiness until the bill is sent that has to be paid. The factors I believe that contributes to the tendency of procrastination are the characteristics of the assignment, fear, rebelliousness, lack of focus, and excuses. The things I can do to get rid of the factors that cause procrastination are by confessing to what I am guilty of. Next, I acquire and identify information that triggers procrastination and develop a plan for what I want to achieve. Then, I have to gain leverage and develop an action plan. Lastly, I must take purposeful action to be efficient and successful in my academic career.
Putting off Until Tomorrow What is Better Done Today: Academic Procrastination as a Function of Motivation Toward College Work conducted by Sheila Brownlow and Renee D. Reasinger, was a study that looked at the impact of the two types of motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic, and personality variables such as perfectionism, locus of control, and fear of evaluation or failure on academic procrastination in college students. Specifically, the researchers hypothesized that the presence or lack of presence of important intrinsic and extrinsic rewards may determine whether or not procrastinatory academic behaviors will occur. The researchers also predicted that high procrastinators may fear failure which then leads to task avoidance, which then lowers self-esteem, and overall delays the
In the survey from DSU students, 57% said they feel a mix of liking procrastination because it gives them a rush and disliking it because it makes them feel stressed. In the meantime, an online survey by The Procrastination Research Group posed the question,”To what extent is procrastination having a negative impact on your happiness?” of the 2,700 responses: 46% said “quite a bit” or “very much” and 18% claimed “extreme negative effect.” Furthermore, 1 out of 5 people has their jobs in jeopardy, their credits, their relationship and even health. Not that but also in one study, a procrastination research group looked at 374 undergraduates and found that students who put off things you re more likely to eat inadequately, sleepless, and drink more than students who do homework promptly. Every one of these facts is unmistakably suggesting that procrastination can radically influence your prosperity. In the end, it can prompt to depression and that can add to other medical issues like diabetes and heart problems. In life try to limit or avoid procrastination because it has the potential to possibly crush
Throughout middle school and the past two years of high school, when a teacher would announce that we had to write a research paper or an essay, the first thoughts to come to my mind are usually, “Oh no, I’m going to fail. I’m an awful writer. What am I going to do?” These fretful thoughts, more often than not, lead to my procrastination. Needles to say, I’ve adopted some bad habits when it comes to my writing process as well as a fear of writing.