tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post8745753452078237670..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: Points and PlotsMarilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-80010769935156646162007-02-23T15:16:00.000-06:002007-02-23T15:16:00.000-06:00I'm having a lot of trouble focusing this week bec...I'm having a lot of trouble focusing this week because of family issues. My brain feels like it's in a fog.<BR/><BR/>But normally I am easily distracted and can only focus on the manuscript for a certain period of time. My problem is, I want to have a large block of time to write, when I can take breaks when I need to, not because someone needs a snack or is irritated at her brother or wants dinner. Grrr!!!<BR/><BR/>I'd love to get away for a few days to refocus on the work (and this is a great tool I've used in the past), but I have to save my getaway points for Scotland and Nationals. :)Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-74205702832054745772007-02-23T10:28:00.000-06:002007-02-23T10:28:00.000-06:00I'm not good at this. You all know how hard it is...I'm not good at this. You all know how hard it is for me to hold myself back from doing the 'other' stuff.<BR/><BR/>I agree with Instigator, SP. You seem to be doing a great job managing your time right now. It's all about consistency.<BR/><BR/>PM, I've been listening to the birds, pondering the sunshine, feeling the urge to go out and feel soil underneath my fingertips.<BR/><BR/>Rhonda, the Phantom has been calling.<BR/><BR/>KathyKatherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-56612415486322889332007-02-23T10:07:00.000-06:002007-02-23T10:07:00.000-06:00Normally I do a pretty good job at keeping all my ...Normally I do a pretty good job at keeping all my balls in the air but sometimes...you just can't. <BR/><BR/>I know there are several things I've neglected this week but with a house overrun with plague I just didn't have much choice. Absolutely there were minutes I could have snatched here and there but they wouldn't have been good ones. Sometimes you just have to realize you can't do it all and pick the things that are most important, the things that can't wait. <BR/><BR/>Instigator - who thinks you're crazy because if you've noticed you're the only one working on the writing challenge this week :-) You've rocked some major pages!!Kira Sinclair - AKA Instigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274056066229852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-59218810919077481592007-02-23T08:16:00.001-06:002007-02-23T08:16:00.001-06:00I have had to learn how to work in short snatches ...I have had to learn how to work in short snatches of time, when necessary. I would much rather have an entire day to devote to my writing when the ideas are flowing, but now and then it just won't happen. When the calendar has a lot of little notations on it for appointments or whatever, it's tough to find those free days. <BR/><BR/>I've actually just started a new book that way, when I only have the time to do four or five pages -- or maybe even two. It's not my most favorite way of working, but right now it's all I've got.<BR/><BR/>I tell myself the long days will come, and they will. Eventually. <BR/><BR/>LJLinda Winstead Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09870355400804918712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-51088485797733786032007-02-23T08:16:00.000-06:002007-02-23T08:16:00.000-06:00When you discover the solution to wandering focus,...When you discover the solution to wandering focus, please let me know. I seem to have the attention span of a goldfish these days.Problem Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456049865200737618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-90666679539399140742007-02-23T01:15:00.000-06:002007-02-23T01:15:00.000-06:00How do you focus on one thing when everything else...<I>How do you focus on one thing when everything else is nagging at you to pay attention to it?<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Simple. I don't.<BR/><BR/>I'm easily distracted. I think I wrote about 4 pages, but half of that was a re-write because I'd written myself into a corner the first time. I kept getting up to re-fill my teacup, to watch the birds outside (wasn't it gorgeous outside today?), to check if the mail carrier had come, to re-fill my teacup -- oh wait... I already did that.<BR/><BR/>I did my tarot cards yesterday and they said I had new possibilities in my life and I need strength and courage to achieve self-mastery, which I took to mean self-discipline, which means keeping my butt in the chair instead of everywhere else.<BR/><BR/>*sigh* Who said writing was easy?<BR/><BR/>PMPlayground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.com