On Writing : Fredrick Backman on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination by Geoff Hall

Geoff Hall

Fredrick Backman on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination

Dear writer, just in case you need a mid-week pick-me-up, I would like to share this with you.

“At the Simon & Schuster centennial, author Fredrik Backman discusses the highs and lows of being an author, from attempting to get along with the voices in your brain, to the hidden joys of jet lag.”

And there you go…don’t procrastinate…watch this video.

https://youtu.be/NSuSyZ92Cjg

Maurice Vaughan

That was funny, Geoff Hall! My favorite part is 2:07-2:10. Thanks for sharing the video.

David Horton

One of the best speeches I've heard in quite some time.

Carol M. Salter

Pooh, it won't run for me. Now you've got me all intrigued.

Geoff Hall

Carol M. Salter oh dear, I’m sorry about that. Maybe try copying the link and playing it in YouTube?

Geoff Hall

Maurice Vaughan funny and with a lot of Swedish dry wit!

Geoff Hall

Maurice Vaughan I’m going to have a writer’s block, but I just haven’t got around to it yet! That and the ‘normal death anxiety’. Hahaha!

Debbie Croysdale

Thanks for the fun share midweek respite , LOL maybe not so far from the truth.

Carol M. Salter

Got it, brilliant. Wish I could write like that. Now I've got to go and read one of his books!

Geoff Hall

Debbie Croysdale you are welcome, Debbie! Have a great weekend.

Geoff Hall

Carol M. Salter I thought the same, Carol. I will have to check out his work. Let me know if you do get around to reading one and what it’s like.

Carol M. Salter

Hi Geoff, I'm reading Fredrick Bakman's book Anxious People. OMG its like someone has opened my brain, checked out all my thoughts, memories and feelings, compiled them into a book together with some very twisted thinking - okay that's probably me too! What a clever writer. I feel like a kindergarten writer next to this giant. As you know his 4 minute piece attracted me. This book, which I thought, yeh I'll read a few pages, I'm almost half the way through the 400 pages (I read a book a day generally) So clever. Such a genius.

Carol M. Salter

PS - I didn't procrastinate.

Geoff Hall

Sylvia Melanson mine too. I’m glad you found it fun. How are you doing? What are you working on at the moment, or are you procrastinating?!! ;-)

Geoff Hall

Carol M. Salter Hi Carol, happy Sunday. He’s definitely someone I’ll have to check out later. Maybe a holiday read. You read a book a day? Wow, I can’t do that. I’m a slow reader and anyway, to add 365 books a year to the house would cause some consternation amongst the other residence of the abode, due to the limitations on space!

Debra Holland

Mine is the "I don wanna" feeling. Sometimes that feeling wins. Sometimes, I force my way through it. I much prefer the days when I'm in the flow! :)

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