My personality leads me to prefer being proactive rather than reactive whenever possible. It’s the difference between working on something every day and/or setting aside blocks of time and getting it done, or sitting at the kitchen table in tears the night before a project is due and hearing someone tell me, “Bird by bird, [...]
Routines for Writers
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Apr
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Apr
I have learned that anything can be a distraction. I have also learned that not all distractions are bad. But the most important thing I have learned is to maintain my focus. To keep my priorities straight. To know what is most important.
What is most important [...]
24
Apr
When it comes to writing fiction I need uninterrupted time to write new pages and to do intense editing. I get, hmm, shall I say irritated when I’ve let my mind enter that other world and I get yanked back out of it to negotiate some sibling rivalry.
During the NaNoWriMo challenge last November I posted [...]
22
Apr
Yesterday I gave myself the rare treat of having lunch in a “real” restaurant, so I took a book and settled back in the booth to relax a bit in between packing stints. I borrowed A Writer’s Time by Kenneth Atchity from my friend Marcy, but I just now put it in my cart at [...]
20
Apr
Reading Shonna’s post last Friday sent me on a trip down memory lane. I remember the same experiences, when raising and homeschooling children was the job and writing was the distraction. Funny thing is, now that I think about it, those were also times when I seemed to most enjoy [...]
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Apr
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outines for Writers is a topical blog. We generally plan monthly topics, with the three of us giving our views on the weekly subtopic. Well, when we first started talking about spending the month of April on distractions, I pushed back a little. A whole month on distractions? What would I write about? Kitty and [...]
15
Apr
If what is distracting you from writing can’t be changed, or at least it seems that way for now, find a way to use the distraction(s) to help your writing. For instance, I’m staring out my window trying to think of what to write in my blog (which is distracting me from my book at [...]
12
Apr
The next few weeks we will be talking about distractions. What distracts you from your writing?
I have several ideas for points I want to make or ideas I want to explore, but I’ve been too distracted. Really. I want to explore and discover if the [...]
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Apr
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or most of my brainstorming, outlining, plotting, dreaming, etc I like the old-fashioned feel of pen and paper. I don’t get real fancy when it comes to the computer—just Microsoft Word for drafting and editing. I might not be very high-tech with my writing, but I do know a few helpful tricks:
1. Flagging. Whether I’m [...]
8
Apr
There is only one reason I care one way or another about software when it comes to writing my books – can it keep me organized?
I am in the process of making my third trans-continental move, and that means I don’t have room to print, hole-punch and binder all of my notes nor multiple drafts [...]
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