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7/29/2015

 
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I’m retired, so you’d think I could write all the time, whenever I wanted. 
However, that’s committing assumicide. Why you ask, well, because:

  * There’s still the normal household things to do

  * I have two blogs: my weekly blog and, part time 5 Scribes and their Stories

  * I’m on Facebook and Twitter 

  * I’m designing my Linked In and Pinterest accounts  

  * I visit with friends 

  * I attend church activities 

  * I’m vice president of Christian Writers of the West
When I looked at my list, I realized something profound! There are gaps in my day. 
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So, what else takes my time away from writing:

  * Playing Solitaire (my think time). Really!

  * Reading

  * Spending too much time blogging and on Facebook

  * Not going on a motorcycle ride in over a week (I plan my         stories while I’m on the bike). My husband’s working on a way for   me to write while we’re riding. Oh, and yes, I am the passenger. 

I reluctantly concluded that I’m not using my time effectively. I’m stalling, procrastinating. It wasn’t always that way. I used to get up in the morning plotting. Throughout the day, I pictured scenes in my head. At night, I couldn’t go to sleep because I was working on a particular dialogue that needed tweaking.

So, what changed?

I did. I’m my worst enemy. Looking back, I realized that I’ve been focusing on criticisms for months. I know criticisms are a part of a writers’ life. I know that I need to study all comments and dwell on what the majority of them are saying. I know. I really do.

So why don’t I do it?

How do you get past the negative comments? What do you do to get back into the writer’s groove? Click on the turquoise comment box at the top of this post on the same line as the title.
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