tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209097334298813876.post2164847718820267097..comments2012-08-02T07:45:12.229-07:00Comments on Making it up as I go...: Procrastination Part 2 (aka How to Start, and Keep, Writing your Novel)Claire Hatcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039426897064752118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209097334298813876.post-11285578468733665022012-08-02T00:46:14.475-07:002012-08-02T00:46:14.475-07:00Suffering from a lack of motivation myself and a h...Suffering from a lack of motivation myself and a heap of procrastination, your post has great timing. <br /><br />I love the date idea. A set time just to do it. I also clean, but feel its a form of procrastination. I try to get the machines on (dishwasher and washing machine) first thing then I have to face the screen and write, otherwise the dishes and clothes sing out to me and pull me away at the first sign of a word struggle. <br /><br />I have learnt that routine works wonders for children and I hate to admit it, but it works for me too.Chapter Fortyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005206439235137179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209097334298813876.post-15739856748752328552012-08-01T10:33:44.121-07:002012-08-01T10:33:44.121-07:00thanks for such a thoughtful comment. i so know wh...thanks for such a thoughtful comment. i so know what you mean about being hard on yourself. i think that's why, for me at least, it helps to write "what i'd like to say..." and turn off the critic. that said, sometimes a block is a block- that's when the reading and the walking (and cleaning) come into play. failing that i cling to my believe in ebb and flow and wait for the next new moon...Claire Hatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039426897064752118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209097334298813876.post-89033490605766421492012-08-01T09:42:03.618-07:002012-08-01T09:42:03.618-07:00I like to think of myself as an aspiring writer .....I like to think of myself as an aspiring writer ... ahem ... and I have an idea for a novel-in-waiting ... we shall see ... but at the moment I'm having bad writers blog on my blog, and I'm feeling quite down about my writing - to the extent that I've been reediting posts and getting quite obsessive about words and sentences ... not good ... so I am very glad you wrote this post, as its full of some very useful ideas - especially if you're not writing, then, read, which I often do (currently reading the twilight saga above all things!), and I like the idea if creating a special space for writing, and making a writing date. I remember reading the artists way - that had some useful ideas too ... I really dislike writers block, and I'm so hard on myself when it happens - its like I've lost the abilityt to write, and the words just wont come!Older Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923339244117157344noreply@blogger.com