Satisfy your writer’s curiosity and change your brain
“You never graduate from learning. There is always more to discover.”
This sentence, in an e-mail update from author Jeff Goins, made me think about how much I love to learn, especially about writing.
One of the reasons I love learning is that it feeds my curiosity. Every time I learn something new from a book or a writing workshop or conversation with my writer’s group, I feel a charge. After periods of intense learning and mental stimulation, I even feel like my brain has changed, as if I’ve expanded my thinking.
Turns out, there’s science behind this.
In a post at Psychology Today, neuropsychologist Ian H. Robertson hypothesizes that education and stimulation repeatedly trigger a chemical messenger in the brain called noradrenaline. The brain releases this chemical when you face a challenge, figure out something new, or are surprised by something — all things that happen during the learning process.
So how does this help writers? Read more
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