In a spontaneous burst of Olympic Spirit, I had the hare-brained idea to challenge my critique group to a writing challenge.: Write every day for an hour this week. I thought, hey, I need to get back in the swing, and surely, if I put it on the blog I will be accountable. It started Monday.
I didn't write Monday.
I wrote a little on Tuesday.
I didn't write today (because this doesn't count--and even if blogging did count, I wouldn't count this because counting a blog post about not writing is just plain desperate).
I plan to write tomorrow, yes, I will. I will do that.
Summer is such a buzz kill on my writing routine. And it doesn't help that I'm a teensy bit stuck on my rewrite. I know, I know, I should still work and just work on something else. I know. . . .an Olympic writer would go the distance, not peter out when things get difficult. Or the weather gets nice, or appliances are being delivered, or the daughter needs help decluttering her room, or the real Olympics are on.
Maybe I'll just paint my door red.
I guess I won't be on the podium with this attitude. :o)
I plan to shape up and glue myself to the chair. Tomorrow.
3 comments:
LOL. So, I guess the answer is 'Yes.'
The fantasy of summer (long, lovely days with plenty of freetime) never fails to quickly give way to the reality of summer (busy, busy, busy) -- but it somehow surprises me every year. I think it's easy to be overly ambitious about what one will get done during the summer, or any particular stretch of it, when the fact is, there's actually more than usual going on.
And if it makes you feel any better, my own Writer Olympic exertions during your challenge period were, well, not very athletic in nature.
But I did try -- and I keep trying -- and having the goal set out there was helpful. Thanks, Lori!
Ya know, I didn't even SEE the challenge until the week was nearly over. I have discovered I am pert-near incompetent at writing without distraction unless there are other people around -- and unfortunately the 'other people around' need to be anyone *except* my family.
Hence I got a lot of writing done that week when I was parallel-writing (with you). And very little writing done when I was at home, trying to write. :p
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