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Jun

Balancing Act

Posted by Stephanie Shackelford  Published in Productivity

          June is the beginning of a “diary’ summer. For at least this month, maybe all summer, we are going to write about whatever comes to mind. No set topics, no scheduled plans. You’ll get glimpses into whatever we are doing at the moment. You already do to some extent, but [...]

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Apr

Preparing for Distractions

Posted by Kitty Bucholtz  Published in Creativity, Productivity

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, [...]

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Apr

25 Ways to Write While Distracted

Posted by Shonna Slayton  Published in NaNoWriMo, Productivity

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 [...]

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Apr

Tricking Yourself

Posted by Kitty Bucholtz  Published in Productivity

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 [...]

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Apr

Distractions

Posted by Stephanie Shackelford  Published in Creativity, Productivity

          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

Writing is the Distraction

Posted by Shonna Slayton  Published in Organization

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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 [...]

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Apr

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em

Posted by Kitty Bucholtz  Published in Organization, Productivity

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 [...]

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Apr

Distractions? Or Something Better?

Posted by Stephanie Shackelford  Published in Creativity

         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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