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My reward is to carve out at least an hour and smoke a cigar.
That works, too!
My reward is to carve out at least an hour and smoke a cigar.
So I'm going to try this program mentioned in this post at Writer Unboxed (which is a fabulous blog for writers): http://writerunboxed.com/2016/01/07/this-is-your-brain-on-brain-fm/
I have a hard time concentrating sometimes (honestly, I think there really is something to how our brains are "re-wiring" themselves due to the Internet, as in we are constantly changing tasks and clicking on different websites and Twitter and FB, etc., which is a whole 'nother topic) and this program might be just the ticket.
I plan to work on the novel today (in between searching for a new house - we are renting and very ready to buy, but finding what we need is a challenge since hubby is a car guy and needs room!).
Thank you, a website such as this is exactly what I have been desiring just have not bothered to begin the search.. You just saved me a ton of time and a huge distraction that I would use to take me away from actually writing. Thank you!!!
So I'm going to try this program mentioned in this post at Writer Unboxed (which is a fabulous blog for writers): http://writerunboxed.com/2016/01/07/this-is-your-brain-on-brain-fm/
I have a hard time concentrating sometimes (honestly, I think there really is something to how our brains are "re-wiring" themselves due to the Internet, as in we are constantly changing tasks and clicking on different websites and Twitter and FB, etc., which is a whole 'nother topic) and this program might be just the ticket.
I plan to work on the novel today (in between searching for a new house - we are renting and very ready to buy, but finding what we need is a challenge since hubby is a car guy and needs room!).
The internet is the equivalent of having a five year old in the house!
I'm a car guy and have the whole place torn up to build extra parking. I keep looking lustfully at my neighbor's house and hoping he'll decide to move. That would be crazy expensive (like take-my-blood expensive) but it would solve a lot of other problems.
We went and looked at a place today that had two separate garages - perfect for hubby! Unfortunately, the house was NOT perfect. It was horrible.
We are seriously thinking of building at this point.
You're scaring me ... no wait, it's the idea of building that's scaring me. I've only done remodels and building scares me. How about finding a great place and just building the mother of all garages?
I love when that happens. I remember during a Writing and Rhetoric final last year, the final was a free write. You could leave when you were done. I sat down in front of that computer, and just typed and typed and typed. When I finished, I remember looking away from the computer screen and everyone had gone. I was the only one who stayed and used the full hour.I had a glorious writing session last night. You know, those kind where you're in flow and you don't even know what time it is? THAT. And it comes so rarely nowadays that when I manage to do it, I get the best natural high in the world. Pure bliss.
For the life of me, I couldn't figure out why 'benzadmiral' sounded so familiar. Solo, I quickly recognised - but it wasn't until I went back and was actually watching the next episode I've not seen that I finally realised it was from the blog I had been referred to a year or so back. Incredibly intriguing - whenever I finish the series I fully intend to read everything there.
That however, is completely beside the point.
Right now, I am writing a murder oneshot that I plan to expand into a novel sometime if I can balance my inability to write reality with my desire to write the characters with the other plot points I'd like to merge the murder with. and at the same time, I'm struggling to write the next chapter of my fantasy novel.
However, I wanted to thank you immensely for this thread. I have gotten many good tips from it - and I hope to perhaps make some progress and stop putting off writing. Worldbuilding is all well and good - but in the end, serves no purpose if one doesn't write.
.....unless one is Tolkien, I suppose. That worldbuilding I won't argue with in the slightest.
I love when that happens. I remember during a Writing and Rhetoric final last year, the final was a free write. You could leave when you were done. I sat down in front of that computer, and just typed and typed and typed. When I finished, I remember looking away from the computer screen and everyone had gone. I was the only one who stayed and used the full hour.
Yay! Welcome to the Lounge! Glad to have you aboard.
Does this happen to you?
I live in a coop and the Board President asked to run a few ideas by me before the annual Shareholder meeting (I'm not on the Board or anything, just a resident). When I made some suggestions for her speech - she showed me a copy - she asked if I might "jot a few talking points down" for her. After seeing what she had - which was a mess - a very smart woman and outstanding Board President, but not a writer - I offered to tweak her speech and add in the talking points we discussed. Three days of back and forth later, I had completed her speech.
I was glad to do it, but wondered if I wasn't a bit bamboozled* as she knows I write, so I'm thinking she might have played me well. No harm, just wonder if this happens to some of you - do people, friends, colleagues look to get you to write for them?
* Note to self: Post "Bamboozle" in "Terms Which Have Disappeared" thread.
Ok, for a second, I was confused as to to the "coop" word - I read it as coop and not co-op.
Anyway!
People often send me things to look at and I make suggestions - but don't usually end up writing the entire thing (though maybe my suggestions politely suggest they rewrite the entire thing!).
Did you think I was living in a chicken coop? My fault, the correct way is how you spelled it, but in NYC, since the context is there, "coop" is used a lot.