Authors can very easily find themselves scattered in twenty different directions. They’ve taught us to multi-task and that this can mean that you get more done. However, the truth is stranger than fiction in this case; multitasking can actually mean you get less done. For example, have you ever started working on your latest novel, novella or short story, decided you wanted to watch the news so you turned that on, oh, and you just popped dinner in the oven and are watching that with a portion of your attention? We all multi-task these days, and you probably think you are a great multi-tasker and in truth you most likely are with tasks that don’t require a lot of brain power that is. However, for tasks like focusing on your story and listening to the news, it is not so much. The reason is that both of these in order for you to remember anything about them require you to focus and our brains just cannot handle both streams of information that require your full focus. Hence, you miss a lot with multi-tasking.
So what’s the solution? If multi-tasking, doesn’t work then what can you as an author still do …
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