Back in my uni days, I had a big exam.
I studied for it. I was smart about how, too. It wasn’t just reading and rereading until I thought I got it – I did exercises to test myself on the material.
There was no doubt that I knew it well.
Until I entered the exam hall, sat down and… nothing. It was like someone had deleted the knowledge from my brain.
I struggled through it, doing badly.
Then, when I got home, all the answers popped into my head. I knew how to solve the questions – too little, too late.
What went wrong?
It’s the same thing that can torpedo your writing productivity.
If you have (or have had) bursts of brilliant writing, where everything is just flowing… only to sit down some other day and feel like you’re grinding your bones to make each letter, then it could be the same thing.
What is it?
And how do you avoid it?
Those answers lie in I Wrote This On A Monday – my guide to prolific writing that comes easily and naturally to you, which you can read here: