I recently found Kris Cramer’s excellent Surviving the Muse. Writing & the Procrastination Factor hit me where it hurts—a lot—because I have more ideas than I know what to do with. I am currently so entranced with one of my recent ideas that I’ve stopped working on all but one of my other projects. Through her, I found Writing Fix, which would be like crack if I started using it (and I’m not kidding myself—I really do want to head over there and just try out one of their writing prompts. Maybe I’ll save Writing Fix for birthdays and holidays...yeah, that’s what I’ll do). It’s not called Writing Fix for nothing.
Having the Discipline to Write Daily highlights another issue that many writers face. I’ve been focused on finding an hour a day to write (some days are easier than others), but I am going to switch to either word or page count (probably word).
What she doesn’t mention is my greatest writing diversion: research. Even my fabulous new idea, based in mythical reality, hasn’t escaped the research bug. I have plenty of notes, but not as many answers as I would like.
Something (probably Anne Lamott’s “shitty first draft” phrase) tells me I should start writing it—anyway.
Posted by on Friday, August 11, 2006 at 4:12 AM
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