In 1985 in New York City, I was lucky enough to take a self development course for writers with Lawrence Block, “Writing for Your Life”, which included some hypnosis techniques. Over the years, that course has helped me to become a much more confident writer; I’ve used hypnosis ever since.

Here are three hypnosis tips which will help you to clear your writing blocks.

1. Define Your Writing Goals: You Must Know What You Want

Start by defining your writing goals. I like to create “process” goals, as well as achievement goals. A process goal is completely under your control. For example, “I will write 2000 words a day” is a process goal, whereas “I will sell my novel by December 31, 2009″ is an achievement goal.

Ensure that your goals are SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and timely).

Once you’ve defined your goals, you can use hypnosis to achieve them.

2. Use Hypnosis to Help You to Achieve Your Goals

Hypnosis is simply suggestion. We’re all flooded with suggestions every day — all advertising is suggestion for example. The biggest benefit of hypnosis is that you become aware of how much suggestion impacts your life. Then, you can create your own suggestions to counteract these everyday suggestions.

All suggestions are powerful, but they have the greatest effect when you’re a child. There’s no need to rummage through your past however, you can see the results suggestions have had on you — just look around you. Early suggestions formed your beliefs, and your beliefs trigger your actions.

When you learn self hypnosis, you can create your own powerful suggestions which will change your beliefs. Wouldn’t you love to believe that writing is easy and fun for you? You can suggest anything you like to yourself during self hypnosis, and your beliefs will change.

3. Learn Self Hypnosis: It’s Useful in All Areas of Your Life

Self hypnosis is useful in all areas of your life, not just in your writing, so it’s a skill which is well worth learning.

If you’re not familiar with hypnosis, you have many questions. Hypnosis is simply a skill; it’s something you can learn, and then something you do. You don’t have to “believe” in hypnosis to clear your writing blocks effectively, any more than you have to “believe” in jogging to get fit.

It’s possible to learn self hypnosis from a CD, but for best results, have at least one session with a qualified hypnotherapist. You need to know how it feels to be hypnotized — once you’ve experienced the hypnosis mind state, you can practice until you become skilled at self hypnosis.

Hypnosis helps you to manage your mind, your emotions, and your life. Take the time to learn self hypnosis. Not only can you clear your writing blocks, but you can become the writer you were born to be.

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