How Meta-Cognitive Strategies Cured My Writer’s Block
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
Meta-cognition, very simply put, is thinking about your thinking. I won’t bore you with my long-winded definition and ponderings, but I will warn you it’s one of my favorite cognitive constructs to talk about. And implementing meta-cognitive strategies in my daily writing practices has helped me in many ways; but mostly by increasing the quality and quantity of my word count.
Meta-cognitive processes help you reflect on your thoughts and actions, allow you to implement a plan, monitor your plans and actions, and make revisions based upon your own assessments of your thoughts, actions, or productivity.
Here’s how this type of intellectual self-monitoring helped me say goodbye to writer’s block.
- Daily Journaling
Morning Journaling: Implementing a morning journaling exercise into my writing practice has been a game changer in more ways than one. Since I start my day with coffee and a reflection exercise- 3 things I am grateful for, it helps shift my thinking and…
