I recently posted some stuff about how not to write. Being new to the published author realm, I would like to add one more thing:
Writing the stuff you are getting paid to do is another good way not write the stuff you may want to write. I find myself wishing I could go back to the novel and get some things down, but find I have to work on the scenarios I am writing for 93 Games Studio. Not because they've set a short deadline, but because I'm getting paid to do it.
It's nice to have little things like 'what should I work on' to whine about rather than, "I can't think myself outta this hole, dammit!"
Why yes, I do believe I'll have some cheese with my whine, thankyou.
The things Griffin Barber thinks about when he's thinking, which is not necessarily often. And they are my thoughts and opinions, not, in any way, those of the Department I work for.
Showing posts with label How not to. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
How Not to Get Writing Done
I have been reading all these pithy statements about how to get writing done so I thought, like our most excellent politicians, I would go negative and list a few ways not to write:
Eat
Sleep
Surf (Internet or waves)
Ride (Horses, bikes, partners)
Read blogs about writing
Work
Edit
Text people (It may be text, but it ain't writing)
Facebook or Twitter or whatever
Go to funerals
Talk to your agent (or try to get one)
Obsess over reviews
Drink alot (because you were obsessing over reviews)
Masturbate (either mental or physical, this ties in closely with surfing the web and obsessing over reviews, not necessarily in that order)
Talk about what you are writing
Read
Do research (I just gotta know X)
Create problems with your computer and then have to deal with them
Answer the phone
Watch TV
Go fishing
Play silly games
Go hunting
Clean something (House, pet, partner, car, computer)
Shop for word processing progam or books on writing
Attend sporting events of offspring
I am sure there are more. Please add any you have...
Eat
Sleep
Surf (Internet or waves)
Ride (Horses, bikes, partners)
Read blogs about writing
Work
Edit
Text people (It may be text, but it ain't writing)
Facebook or Twitter or whatever
Go to funerals
Talk to your agent (or try to get one)
Obsess over reviews
Drink alot (because you were obsessing over reviews)
Masturbate (either mental or physical, this ties in closely with surfing the web and obsessing over reviews, not necessarily in that order)
Talk about what you are writing
Read
Do research (I just gotta know X)
Create problems with your computer and then have to deal with them
Answer the phone
Watch TV
Go fishing
Play silly games
Go hunting
Clean something (House, pet, partner, car, computer)
Shop for word processing progam or books on writing
Attend sporting events of offspring
I am sure there are more. Please add any you have...
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