Listen "Stop Task Switching While Writing"
Episode Synopsis
Did you know you lose up to 23 minutes of attention every time you get distracted?This is the reality: you can't do two things at once, and if you try, your attention pays for it.Multitasking has been a myth for years, and yet we all believe we're immune to the actual cognitive cost of task switching, which is what really happens when we think we can write and research at the same time.Find out more about task switching and what we can do instead in order to make faster progress on our books.https://www.apa.org/topics/research/multitaskinghttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-wise/201209/the-true-cost-of-multi-taskinghttps://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/1455586692Send us a textWhat to do next… Sell your eBooks direct with Curios (keep 100% of sales) - Affiliate Link Take the 60 Day Novel Writing Challenge for FREE (Full Playlist Coming in October) Work with members of the Tally Ink Author Services Team Read Colleen's clean YA portal fantasy series (The Chronicles of Talahm) Read Halie's YA fantasy series (Secrets of the Tally) Leave a review on Apple Podcasts
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