This CNN article is a must read for everyone.  As I was reading, my immediate thought was “I already knew that”.  It’s amazing that it took the government a few years of research to figure out that multitasking is counterproductive.  It takes time for your brain to switch from one task to another. 

“In effect,” says Meyer, “you’ve got writer’s block briefly as you go from one task to another. You’ve got to (a) want to switch tasks, you’ve got to (b) make the switch and then you’ve got to (c) get warmed back up on what you’re doing.

If you were thinking about writing multiple stories at once, don’t.  According to the research, you will finish them faster if you write one story at a time.  This news is a personal victory for me because I always failed at multitasking but was too embarrassed to admit it.  Yes, I was lying through my teeth at job interviews about this silly multitasking buzz word.  Did anyone else do that?  Well, now you don’t have to.  Print the CNN article and take it with you.