Article Writing: What To Do When You Can’t Find The Words 
by MaryJo Wagner, Ph.D.

You’re ready to write that article. You’ve written some notes. You know what you’re going to write about. You’ve walked the dog, made the coffee, and cleaned off your desk. Ready! Set! Oops,
no go!

It’s not procrastination. But somehow you just can’t find the words. You start. Stop. Delete. Start again. Delete again.

You don’t have to get stuck here. Developmental optometrists have an exercise they do with kids who have trouble reading and writing. Some special education teachers and occupational therapists use the same exercises. And the good news is that this very same exercise works for article writing.

Lazy 8s for Writing 

Take a plain piece of 8 ½ by 11 paper. Place your pencil in the center and simply draw an infinity sign. Looks like an 8 lying on its side. In Brain Gym, it’s called Lazy 8.

Now slowly trace over this Lazy 8, starting in the center and going up to left, back to the center, up to the right, down and back where you started. Easy. Do this 3 times with one hand. Now 3 times with your other hand. Now 3 times with both hands.

 Do it in the air, tracking the movement with your eyes. Simply stretch your arm out in front of you. Make a fist with your thumb up and in front of your nose. Now up to the left with your thumb, down, around, back to the center. Up to the right, down, around and back to the center.

Again, it’s 3 times with one thumb, three times with the other, and end by bringing your hands together, thumbs on top of each other and do another Lazy 8.

Moving around for Writing 

Now you’ve got an exercise that helps you use both your left brain and your right brain. The next step is more movement. Get up from your computer. Go the room in your house or office that has the most space, even outdoors. 

Visualize the lazy 8 and start walking as if you were walking around a Lazy 8.  (Deborah Sunbeck calls this the “Infinity Walk, and has Infinity Walk rugs and tracks which are used in schools, homes, and hospitals.)

 Your brain loves movement.  And your brain especially loves movement that crosses your center mid-line. Whenever you cross the center midline of your body, your brain gets more neuronal connections between your left brain and your right brain. 

 For article marketers, now you can take your idea—it came from the right side of your brain and find the words to write your article. It’s the left side of your brain  that does words and sentences.

 Try Lazy 8s when the words won’t come. And be sure to get up and walk that Lazy 8.  By the way, anytime you’re stuck, moving around will help.  And moving in a way that crosses the center midline helps the most.

 
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