Most of us learned to write in a classroom. We sat and did our work, year after year, and gradually our writing improved.
The rest of life is very different from a classroom, and despite our teachers’ best intentions, many of us picked up some bad writing habits along the way. These bad habits (like not enjoying writing or thinking of it as a task to be avoided) carry over into the rest of our writing life simply by virtue of association. Pick up the pen, and wham — you’re transported back to Mr. Whatever’s boring English class.
One key way to blast past obstacles and unproductive habits happens in an immersive setting, such as at a writing and wellness retreat in Italy. In place of interruptions will be the beautiful Italian spread of nature.
Here is your chance to replace frustration with overwhelming inspiration. To get better at anything, you need to devote large chunks of uninterrupted time to it. Even many well-intentioned writers don’t usually feel inspired to do this around normal scenery.
Everyone benefits from a motivational environment. The more you enjoy the writing you do, the more you’ll feel like doing it. The more you do it well, the better you get.
I don’t think classrooms are really designed for students. I think classrooms are designed for instructors.
What I benefit from most is my own internal student/teacher dialogue, which tends to manifest most easily whenever I’m on vacation. I’ve found that most people are like this as well. Most breakthroughs happen with a change of scenery.
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I love this idea of “motivational environments”– maybe we’d benefit from thinking more consciously and regularly about creating such an environment?
I agree, and I think being both conscious about it and regular are key. There are too many possible distractions and diversions (both internal and external).
For me, what’s key for generation is a variety-rich external setting but a disciplined internal mindset. The more of each, the better.
Example: In Venice today. Tomorrow, Vienna. No schedule but the one I create. Which, by the way, involves getting up early in the morning, walking to a park, sitting on a bench and writing. Birds flit around and chirp. The air is crisp. Such are the moments poets dream of.