http://www.routinesforwriters.com/2008/09/19/focus-on-the-one-thing/ helping writers write more Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:10:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.routinesforwriters.com/2008/09/19/focus-on-the-one-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Kitty Bucholtz Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:00:38 +0000 http://www.routinesforwriters.com/?p=92#comment-44 This reminds me of why I LOVE using the program "Scrivener" (for Mac; a similar program called ywriter is what Stephanie uses on Windows). I used to have so many different Word documents with all kinds of research, character charts, notes, etc., and I never could find what I was looking for. With Scrivener my focus is not scattered because every single document is in one master file. I can find what I'm looking for in the column on the left, click on it, and I'm there. Voila! My focus stays in the one file, where everything should always be. This reminds me of why I LOVE using the program “Scrivener” (for Mac; a similar program called ywriter is what Stephanie uses on Windows). I used to have so many different Word documents with all kinds of research, character charts, notes, etc., and I never could find what I was looking for. With Scrivener my focus is not scattered because every single document is in one master file. I can find what I’m looking for in the column on the left, click on it, and I’m there. Voila! My focus stays in the one file, where everything should always be.

]]> http://www.routinesforwriters.com/2008/09/19/focus-on-the-one-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Stephanie Shackelford Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:27:40 +0000 http://www.routinesforwriters.com/?p=92#comment-43 Shonna, you are sooo on the money. While I like to have several projects going at once, there has to be consistent focus! I can't write on them all every day. That is the main reason why I made M-W-F my fiction writing days and Tu-Th my non-fiction writing days. And it worked so well until this past week when I decided I need to mix it up a little. While I got writing done, I did not accomplish nearly what I wanted and constantly had to battle the "something's not right" feeling. I hate that I'm such a negative illustration for a truth we trying to propagate, that Routines with Focus Achieve our Dreams, but there it is. Shonna, you are sooo on the money. While I like to have several projects going at once, there has to be consistent focus! I can’t write on them all every day. That is the main reason why I made M-W-F my fiction writing days and Tu-Th my non-fiction writing days. And it worked so well until this past week when I decided I need to mix it up a little. While I got writing done, I did not accomplish nearly what I wanted and constantly had to battle the “something’s not right” feeling. I hate that I’m such a negative illustration for a truth we trying to propagate, that Routines with Focus Achieve our Dreams, but there it is.

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