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Nothing

to Say

If you have no thoughts or emotions, then write that down. “I have no thoughts or
emotions this morning.” But do it for three pages. Just as an artist must stare at a

blank canvas, each morning you will be a writer with a blank page. Challenge that
blank page and begin writing. Amazing revelations can come out of taking that first
step and exploring your unconscious emotions and feelings.

Don’t Read

This!

Try this journal technique for one month, but don’t go back and read what you
wrote yesterday or even last week. Instead, finish an entire journal (which has
enough journal pages for one month) before you go back to look at your morning
thoughts.

In this way you will avoid editing and thinking too deeply about your writing. Tap-
ping into your unconscious will produce the most beneficial results, so the less

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