STARTING NOW at 11:30 a.m. ET: Join us for "Writing Through: Focusing in Short Bursts"—a mini-workshop co-hosted by NASW and @PressClubDC @NPCInstitute! Learn tips for writing under #pandemic deadlines + distractions. Featuring NASW member @mvbroadfoot: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… 
Today's "Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar with @mvbroadfoot @DeborahNetburn @LaneDeGregory is part of the @PressClubDC @NPCInstitute free conversations series serving journalists and writers during #COVID19. Learn more about these helpful events: pressclubinstitute.org/event/writing-…
"Trying to keep up is really a struggle" admits @mvbroadfoot, both in terms of keeping up with breaking news and absorbing the humanity of #pandemic stories.
Our "Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar right now with @NPCInstitute through the end of the hour: nasw.org/events/writing…
Our "Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar right now with @NPCInstitute through the end of the hour: nasw.org/events/writing…
Re honest expectations: NASW member @mvbroadfoot says she has a favorite time of day to write, but "I can't sit down at 4:45 and say 'the muse is going to come at this moment.'"
Our "Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar right now with @NPCInstitute: nasw.org/events/writing…
Our "Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar right now with @NPCInstitute: nasw.org/events/writing…
Pulitzer-winning @TB_Times reporter @LaneDeGregory says re short bursts: "I write to a Diet Coke." @mvbroadfoot asks how many cokes to finish a story? DeGregory: 1000 word story ~ 3 cokes!😆
"Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar right now with @NPCInstitute: nasw.org/events/writing…
"Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar right now with @NPCInstitute: nasw.org/events/writing…
Re writing with focus: @mvbroadfoot says hide your inner editor. "Just get some words on the page—it doesn't even exist yet!" It's okay if not perfect: "We can't keep producing at 100% during all this."
Our webinar with @NPCInstitute wrapping shortly: nasw.org/events/writing…
Our webinar with @NPCInstitute wrapping shortly: nasw.org/events/writing…
"So many of my ideas come from being out in the world out there" meeting people/having conversations, says @LaneDeGregory. "The dearth of ideas right is also a problem" right now.
Our "Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar with @NPCInstitute wrapping shortly: nasw.org/events/writing…
Our "Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar with @NPCInstitute wrapping shortly: nasw.org/events/writing…
"It's a time we need to be nice to ourselves" says @DeborahNetburn re pressure to write. @mvbroadfoot says compassion is key. "The things you do outside of your writing is just as important"—rest, yoga, walks.
Our webinar with @NPCInstitute wrapping up: nasw.org/events/writing…
Our webinar with @NPCInstitute wrapping up: nasw.org/events/writing…
Re interacting w/ newsroom colleagues, "I really really miss that" says @LaneDeGregory. @mvbroadfoot says weekly virtual hangouts w/ other writers help, commiserating on struggles.
Our "Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar with @NPCInstitute wrapping up: nasw.org/events/writing…
Our "Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar with @NPCInstitute wrapping up: nasw.org/events/writing…
"Just because you've been doing it a long time doesn't mean it's easy" says @mvbroadfoot re writing. "But just because it's hard doesn't mean I don't love it. I wouldn't want to do anything else."
Our webinar with @PressClubDC @NPCInstitute earlier today: nasw.org/events/writing…
Our webinar with @PressClubDC @NPCInstitute earlier today: nasw.org/events/writing…
And we ended on puppies!! (@mvbroadfoot's fosters) Thank you all for joining our "Writing Through: Focusing in Short Bursts" webinar today, co-hosted with @PressClubDC @NPCInstitute. NASW members, save the date for coming #SciWriLive #SciWriCoffee events! nasw.org/events/upcoming
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