Procrastination methods, as well as complaints about how I’ve been procrastinating. Read at your own risk.
Try how fast it flies when you carve out writing time and then waste it doing other things. I’m so serious. Google something for research. Bam! Twenty minutes, gone in a heartbeat. Go searching for the right word and get distracted. Bam! You just burned through seventeen minutes and didn’t even see it going. Writing
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In general, I move fast in my first drafts. My focus is on the characters and the action, figuring out who is doing what and why. Sure, I’ve become more of a planner in recent years, but I’m still not much of one. If I have the BS2 half-filled in with a paragraph for most
I’m working on the Joss edit again. My editor (bless her name!) had some awesome suggestions and I’m getting started. Except for tonight, when I just can’t seem to scrape up any motivation. That’s not even the right word. I’m motivated. I want to do this edit. The bit I’m working on right now, putting
Well, first–it’s addictive. Oh yes. I can play Scrabble all night every night with a bunch of different people! It’s amazing! Uhh…except that’s not really a good use of my time. Oops. Interesting, though…last night I was thinking that my writing plays against me in some ways. True, as a constant user of language, I
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OMG no matter how much I need it, I hate being between projects! I have a lot to do, though. I’m not so good at writing boundaries–when I’m deep in a project (especially one fast approaching a deadline, cough) I don’t do other things.† Website maintenance. Home maintenance. Relationships. *shifty eyes* All fall by the
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