tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post114731966079646687..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: Deadline? What deadline?Marilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1147376839444482692006-05-11T14:47:00.000-05:002006-05-11T14:47:00.000-05:00I work well under deadlines at work, I'm not sure ...I work well under deadlines at work, I'm not sure if I do as well with creative deadlines. I certainly have issues with self-imposed deadlines. It's like a self-imposed diet. No one to take away the cookie, no one to hold up those size 12 jeans I could wear a few months ago and dangle them as a reward. No book contract waiting on me to get off my bum.<BR/><BR/>That's why Instigator has a whip.<BR/><BR/>SPAndrea Laurence AKA Smarty Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518751514879244662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1147362331222358142006-05-11T10:45:00.000-05:002006-05-11T10:45:00.000-05:00My deadlines are all self-imposed because I can ch...My deadlines are all self-imposed because I can choose to write something and submit it to a magazine. Even though money is involved, it's easy to let a deadline slip because the editor doesn't know whether I'd planned to submit anything or not. I'm working very diligently on disciplining myself to stay on task. But I do tend to work a little better when there's a bit of pressure, which is why I'll probably write my next article (which is due in NYC on May 19) this weekend).<BR/><BR/>I try to clean house and/or run errands during the morning and then read or write in the afternoon. The dh and I have dinner together each night and watch tv together a couple times a week -- we're Survivor and American Idol junkies. Then after he goes to sleep, I hit the computer again and write some more.<BR/><BR/>But do take time to relax and refill the soul so that you don't lose the joy in life.Playground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1147355067568077192006-05-11T08:44:00.000-05:002006-05-11T08:44:00.000-05:00You can do this, Instigator! We all have faith in...You can do this, Instigator! We all have faith in you. What matters most is that your heart is in the right place. Follow your passion. If it involves hard work and your up to the task, do it. <BR/><BR/>The Nike slogan says it so well, just do it! Frankly, I think that slogan was taken from Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain, who wrote two books about his life after the Civil War. As a young man, his father tasked him to plow a field near the family home. Finding the job practically impossible, he reported to his father that the field was full of rocks. "How am I supposed to plow it when it's full of rocks?", he asked. His father simply told him, "Just do it!" <BR/><BR/>Throughout Gen. Chamberlain's life he remembered those words. When his men were horribly low on ammo and faced with a frontal assault by Confederates trying to take Little Round Top at Gettysburg, he ordered bayonettes drawn. He and his men swung down like a door and repulsed the advancing soldiers almost by sheer fright alone. Faced with death defying odds, he won the day.<BR/><BR/>Just do it! Good advice for all of us.<BR/><BR/>KBKatherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-1147350174690575082006-05-11T07:22:00.000-05:002006-05-11T07:22:00.000-05:00I do so much better with a deadline, though I have...I do so much better with a deadline, though I have a hard time enforcing self-imposed ones.<BR/><BR/>Let's see, the stress of the past few weeks resulted in a severe upset stomach this past Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Not good.<BR/><BR/>Usually I try to do something relaxing every afternoon while the kids have "rest time", even if it is something small. A simple meditation, watching a much anticipated tv show, reading a book or glancing through a magazine, breathing and just letting my mind empty of all the stress. I'm not really good at being consistent with this, but I'm trying. :) <BR/><BR/>AngelAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.com