Making writing a habit...
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Science tells us that if we do something, in the same way and at the same time each day, for 21-days, it will become a habit - sounds easy...and yet, for me, it's not.
Priorities change, or so it seems - this needs to be done first before I can sit before the computer screen and let my ideas flow and develop, asking my fingures to butterfly-kiss the letters on the keyboard in hopes of writing something worth reading.
I'm trying to make my writing "Job-One!" - at least till the fall, when making some money to pay the mortgage may become my main priority. So, what time is the best time to write - mornings for me, I'm a morning person. I just need to do it consistently for a month - every day...same bat time, same bat channel, and soon I will find the two words I'm looking for..."The End."
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I think what you're saying is right for some people but I have to be a certain frame of mind - sometimes
ideas come to me while I'm cooking or in the bath and then its a race to get to the computer and put them
down before I forget. Sometimes new characters argue in my head all day long and the only way to quieten
them down is to type them out when I get the chance.
Having said all that I'm quite a sporadic writer and do realise that routine would be a much more productive
way. | poppy101 [211] | 20/05/2009 |
This sounds like an ideal - for most, unattainable in today's fast-paced, busy lifestyle. What works for
me is that I've made a commitment to write SOMETHING every day - one paragraph, one sentence, even one
word. Some days the ideas will flow; other days I'm blank. But if I write even only one word a day, I
give myself permission to feel accomplished.
Good luck! ;) | zion613 [304] | 20/05/2009 |
Yes, you are absolutely right - ideas come and go at all times during each day (and night...). I have
writtne ideas - or the perfect sentence down on most any scrap I could find, knowing that if it's not
recorded...it will most likely be lost forever.
Yet, giving the mind a regular time and place to write can develop a habit of creativity - especially
if one is working on a developing story...or so it seems. For me, my mind is my servant and sometimes,
without proper training will run amuck - living a life of its own, making up priorities as it goes along.
And also, if we write each day for a couple hours, we will see progress - no matter what it is we're working
on. Just my thoughts on what's worked and not worked for me over the years and yes, for each of us...different
ways and motivations work - there is no "one size fits all". | Verner [9] | 20/05/2009 |
I agree. Everyone's different.Time is an issue for me and the management of it. I always carry a notebook
to catch phantom bits of inspiration when they drop into my head,even if it's just a catchy line that
doesn't make much sense at the time. If I'm not feeling particularly imaginative I'll do something more
practicall like colating stuff that I've gathered or checking grammar.
But when your on a roll and it starts to flow I think you should go with it and see it through. These
moments are golden to me and I believe they should utilised as a priority. | Mr Richard [197] | 21/05/2009 |
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