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Authors and Procrastination
kero319:
Haha good, so I'm not alone
I've been setting aside a certain time everyday to do at least one hour of writing during that time, but I don't let myself do anything else during that time
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: kero319 on January 19, 2009, 07:58:13 PM ---Haha good, so I'm not alone
I've been setting aside a certain time everyday to do at least one hour of writing during that time, but I don't let myself do anything else during that time
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If your life allows that great; lots of writers swear by it.
So far as I can tell, what matters is getting the words out. If you're a writer with a career of about one book a year, call that a hundred thousand words in a year. You can do that by writing a few hundred every day if the shape of your life and your working patterns allow that. You can do like I do, and write most Friday nights from 6.30 until as late as you can; a couple of thousand words a week add up just as well. I suppose you could write the whole darned thing in six or eight weeks if you actually happened to be Iain Banks or one of the other published authors who is on record as doing this, and spend the rest of the year messing around, but that approach really would not appeal to me even if it did fit with having a day job.
Yeratel:
If I set aside one hour per day for writing, and one hour per day for exercise, I would have washboard abs and turn out the equivalent of a 300 page novel per year. I'll get right on that, as soon as I finish getting caught up with my favorite shows from last season on hulu.com . ;D
Murphy's Stunt Double:
I wish I was Erma Bombeck. I grew up wanting to be her.
Everyday, she would get her hubby off to work, get her kids off to school, and pretty much lock herself in her office to write until the kids got home.
blgarver:
--- Quote from: neurovore on January 19, 2009, 06:39:36 PM ---Can't stand it myself; I'm a Civ 3 diehard.
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Really? That is the one, out of all the Civs, that I didn't like at all. Man...so many hours spent on Civ 2 when I should have been writing in junior high and high school...what progress to my writing ability I could have made. Man oh man.
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