TIPS FOR WRITERS ON HOW TO FOCUS

Matthew Stibbe offers 11 tips to help you focus on your writing work when you have a deadline to meet. Many of these tips are also useful for getting anything done on a computer. Here's a quick overview - visit How to Concentrate on Writing for the full version of each tip:

1. Switch off email.
2. Isolate myself.
3. Think about Greed and guilt.
4. Stop with the blog already.
5. Get up early.
6. Give yourself little treats.
7. Chunking.
8. Go full screen.
9. Switching Word into full screen mode.
10. Shitty first draft.
11. Change location.