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The anxious feeling you get when sitting down to take a test, speak
in front of a large group or sink a basket during the big game is
normal. Often that anxious feeling helps your adrenaline level rise
and your body react positively to the challenge ahead. For some
people, writing a paper can create that same anxious feeling. The
trick is to use it to your best advantage.
Anxiety controlling tactics
- Locate your favorite place to write, a place away from
distractions
- Gather your favorite writing tools, such as a favorite pen,
pencil or computer
- Practice some relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing
- Concentrate on your topic by free-writing about your topic for 5
minutes
- Focus on the main ideas that you want to generate by creating a
concept map
- Use your concept map to identify the main points your paper will
present
These tactics will get you over that feeling of dread that impedes
the flow of words. Once you begin writing you will have freed yourself
of the worry about having to write a paper and instead will be able to
let your good ideas flow on to your paper. |
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