{"id":18776,"date":"2018-04-06T01:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T08:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=18776"},"modified":"2018-04-26T07:25:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T14:25:54","slug":"writing-resistance-we-can-overcome-by-catharine-bramkamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/06\/writing-resistance-we-can-overcome-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Resistance: We Can Overcome! By Catharine Bramkamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18778 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CB.jpg 178w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CB-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CB-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><strong>&#8220;Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Catharine+Bramkamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/a>\u00a0as she shares with us about \u201cWriting Resistance: We Can Overcome! \u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>A student was finding it difficult to journal. She didn\u2019t have the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a great deal behind the simple phrase, <em>I don&#8217;t have time<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We say this in answer to many projects that ironically, we desperately want to do: our journals, our books, our art, our education.<\/p>\n<p>You can find time, you can protect time, you can use time wisely or waste it.<\/p>\n<p>Time is often the scapegoat for our resistance to change and growth.<\/p>\n<p>When we don\u2019t have time, we often are afraid of the new, the scary or of the work itself.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, not having time translates into: <em>It\u2019s difficult to start something new<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>When you are beginning a project, a book, an article or even a journal, the project can be overwhelming and fear-filled.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What will come out of our subconscious? What will we say? Is there something hidden in our history that may escape?<\/p>\n<h2>No time = abundance of resistance.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The solution is to tackle the scary project one minute at a time<\/strong>. Literally.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my own experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I have a client who wants to start a podcast. Great! I co-produced a weekly podcast for five years. For <strong>Newbie Writers Podcast<\/strong>, my partner, Damien recorded, edited and posted the podcast. I booked guests, wrote the scripts, and interviewed the guests. In the spring and fall I also did a lot of math because Australia moves in and out of day light savings time at a different rate than the US.<\/p>\n<p>I totally can organize a podcast. But for this project, I also needed to run the sound boards.<\/p>\n<p>Which means learn Audacity and learn how to record and edit and post the final product. And figuring it out now.<\/p>\n<p>With zero experience.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, I experienced enormous resistance. And by that sanitized word I mean, terror of failing, panic of the new, deep dread of tackling another new technology. Fear.<\/p>\n<p>But I had to do it.<\/p>\n<h2>Since I occasionally listen to my own suggestions, I began with a list:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u2022 Find the mic.<br \/>\n\u2022 Open Audacity program.<br \/>\n\u2022 Plug in the mic.<br \/>\n\u2022 Learn that you need to plug in the mic BEFORE opening Audacity.<br \/>\n\u2022 Experiment.<br \/>\n\u2022 Fail.<\/p>\n<p>To break this down even further, I recalled the encouragement and admonishments inherent in all how-to books, transformative journaling being no exception, on how to tackle a big scary project one step at a time.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The larger the scary project, the smaller increment of time required. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For this scary project and for your scary project, start out working on the project in five minute increments. Or less.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes. Five minutes or less.<\/strong> Not five minutes and then five minutes more and while we\u2019re here, why not half an hour? Five minutes and then quit for the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you bargain with your conscious and promise to do something for five minutes, ten minutes, seven years, keep the promise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Five minutes means five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t tell a child, this will only be for five minutes and then surprise her with a project that takes half an hour. She will never trust that five-minute promise again. So too with your own mind. Don\u2019t lie. Because that mistrust hardens into writing blocks, or, kindly, resistance.<\/p>\n<h2>This is how I approached my podcast assignment.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Day one:<\/strong> Look for the mic for five minutes. I looked in the attic where the lights for video blogging are stored. (Tells you how often I video.) The mic is not there. Quit for the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Day two:<\/strong> Search for the mic in the cellar. Open a cardboard packing box marked computer. It\u2019s there! Success! Place it on the desk. Quit for the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Day three:<\/strong> Download the Audacity program. Quit for the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You get the idea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Give yourself a chance to inch closer to your fear, sneak up on it.<\/h2>\n<p>If you feel you are carrying so much baggage, your arms are too tired to pick up a pen, try these small steps:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u2022 Day one:<\/strong>\u00a0Pick up the journal. Hold it. Put it down. Quit for the day.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Day two:<\/strong> Pick up the journal, open it to a new blank page. Quit for the day.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Day three:<\/strong> Pick up the journal, open it to a new blank page. Pick up a pen.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Day four:<\/strong> Make a squiggle on the new blank page. Now it\u2019s an old page.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Day five:<\/strong> On a new blank page, write a sentence. Something like, &#8220;I am writing in my journal.&#8221; Quit for the day. But all during the day,\u00a0remember that you wrote something in your journal and allow yourself to feel pleased and accomplished. <strong>Link journaling with a feeling<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> of accomplishment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The following week:<\/strong>\u00a0Continue to write a single sentence and continue to feel pleased with your project. Don\u2019t think, I only wrote one sentence. Think, wow, I wrote in my journal today.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty soon you will feel you can do more. Do more. <strong>Always link writing in your journal with positive emotions. Rinse and repeat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This may sound almost childish, but as I stare at my microphone thinking, knowing, that I\u2019d rather write about my challenge than do something about it. I understand the importance of taking tiny steps for a stealthy overtake of an enormous challenge. We don\u2019t want to attach guilt or obligation to our project. <strong>We want to attach accomplishment and joy to our project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And no amount of graphics, language, or techniques will work if you are stuck at the part where you can\u2019t bring yourself to pick up a pen.<\/p>\n<p>When I do post the first podcast for my client, it will be accompanied by a triumphant blog post telling one and all how easy it is. But you will know the truth.<\/p>\n<p>What ends up easy, often starts out as truly and terribly difficult. And the way to break through &#8212; is one itty bitty step at a time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For a free e-book on transformative journaling, contact Catharine:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cbramkamp(at)gmail.com\">cbramkamp(at)gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p>When she\u2019s not pulling her mother out of traffic, Catharine coaches and teaches fiction, non-fiction, and journal writing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RlgH6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RlgH6b noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12334\" title=\"Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"150\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-300x329.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Catharine Bramkamp's website, Your Book Starts Here\" href=\"http:\/\/yourbookstartshere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/a> is a successful writing coach bringing her clients from idea to published book and beyond. She has written 17 novels and 3 books on writing. Her poetry appears in over a dozen anthologies including <em>And The Beats Go On<\/em> (she was editor as well) and the chapbook <em>Ammonia Sunrise<\/em> (Finishing Line Press). Her current book, <a title=\"Don\u2019t Write Like We Talk by Catharine Bramkamp\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2BMhN9q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Don\u2019t Write Like We Talk<\/em><\/a>, is based on her co-producer experience creating 200-plus episodes of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newbiewriters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newbie Writers Podcast<\/a>. She is the Chief Storytelling Officer for technical companies because everyone has a story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A student was finding it difficult to journal. She didn\u2019t have the time. There is a great deal behind the simple phrase, I don&#8217;t have time. 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