I'll always get the most done on the days I feel have the least time. I know this about myself and STILL I insist on waiting for slabs of time to appear, in the belief that I'll be able to carve something great out of them. I always do my best work when it's a snatch and grab situation between other things, and I think the energy of that is often present in the writing too. When will I learn...
Constraints are so helpful. Yet you are right - we crave the perfect writing time, imagine that we need lots of it, put off writing when those small moments present themselves. Here's to being spontaneous (a very effective writing strategy) and grabbing time confetti as it passes our way. And ditto - I relearn this lesson with embarrassing frequency.
I have felt so discombobulated all week (any excuse to use that word but it's true!
Had some potentially great news about my writing though today so feeling reinvigorated to push on through the rest of the week before more of the same next week!
I've just finished Chapter 2 of Written and I'm recommending it to all my writer friends :-)
Celebrating your discombobulated usage (and daring you to fit into a conversation later) and also yes, me too! Very excited for your writing news and hoping you get to ride that wave of motivation for as long as possible. Thank you for reading Written and recommending - it means a lot ❤️
Absolutely! We should feel grateful for a day off, yet it messes with us. Perhaps we need to rebrand bank holidays as writing days? (sod street parties, going to garden centre or catching up on chores and DIY)
I'll always get the most done on the days I feel have the least time. I know this about myself and STILL I insist on waiting for slabs of time to appear, in the belief that I'll be able to carve something great out of them. I always do my best work when it's a snatch and grab situation between other things, and I think the energy of that is often present in the writing too. When will I learn...
Constraints are so helpful. Yet you are right - we crave the perfect writing time, imagine that we need lots of it, put off writing when those small moments present themselves. Here's to being spontaneous (a very effective writing strategy) and grabbing time confetti as it passes our way. And ditto - I relearn this lesson with embarrassing frequency.
I have felt so discombobulated all week (any excuse to use that word but it's true!
Had some potentially great news about my writing though today so feeling reinvigorated to push on through the rest of the week before more of the same next week!
I've just finished Chapter 2 of Written and I'm recommending it to all my writer friends :-)
Celebrating your discombobulated usage (and daring you to fit into a conversation later) and also yes, me too! Very excited for your writing news and hoping you get to ride that wave of motivation for as long as possible. Thank you for reading Written and recommending - it means a lot ❤️
So many bank holidays pushes me right off balance. I don't have a set time for writing but I still feel like someone has stolen a few hours from me!
Absolutely! We should feel grateful for a day off, yet it messes with us. Perhaps we need to rebrand bank holidays as writing days? (sod street parties, going to garden centre or catching up on chores and DIY)