tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748400.post592108102973216581..comments2023-05-30T09:02:33.236-04:00Comments on We're Open All Night: Discipline.....Theo p.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13430759075333249708noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748400.post-1186740093773045822011-06-30T13:04:24.057-04:002011-06-30T13:04:24.057-04:00Okay, this suddenly seems more managable! Thanks g...Okay, this suddenly seems more managable! Thanks guys!Abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717329533147314315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748400.post-69242193664650042292011-06-29T03:06:40.633-04:002011-06-29T03:06:40.633-04:00Here's the best advice on writing I've see...Here's the best advice on writing I've seen.<br /><br />1) Set a word goal per day and don't do what you really want to be doing (internet, TV, belly dancing) until you've met the goal. It doesn't have to be a huge goal - even 250 words a day is something, and you can always keep going if you're in a groove. It also doesn't have to be *good* writing, so long as you're working at it. That's what revisions are for.<br /><br />2) Corollary: you'll get further by just getting the words down on paper and editing later than staring at a cursor or a blank piece of paper. This one got me through my dissertation. I had to stop concentrating on getting my writing just right the first time through and just do something. The polish game after many (many many way too many) drafts.<br /><br />3) Don't finish your last sentence when you're writing. Leave a few words at the end of the sentence for when you start your next writing session. This gives you a few "freebie" words that you don't have to think about when you start writing and helps you ramp up into the next sentence or paragraph. I've never tried this one, so I can't attest to how well it works, but I know of a number of professional authors who swear by it.<br /><br />Giant list of other suggestions: http://blogs.plos.org/neurotribes/2011/06/02/practical-tips-on-writing-a-book-from-22-brilliant-authors/Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748400.post-21953057315752275472011-06-28T17:56:51.285-04:002011-06-28T17:56:51.285-04:00here's a suggestion, although not helpful: bet...here's a suggestion, although not helpful: better get it done before Pria comes! LOL- try the list suggestion, works for me. Oh, and QUIT PROCRASTINATING. There, you are fixed.Jill Locklearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09070267386877397490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748400.post-65710662271208091022011-06-28T15:24:28.629-04:002011-06-28T15:24:28.629-04:00Try a list. Think of one thing at a time. Eat one ...Try a list. Think of one thing at a time. Eat one project off that plate, then go to the next. You may begin to feel like you are accomplishing. Like finishing summer school! Yeah.Momnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748400.post-67062598455352967072011-06-28T07:21:19.584-04:002011-06-28T07:21:19.584-04:00Give yourself deadlines and then share them with a...Give yourself deadlines and then share them with a friend. Ask them to hold you to that schedule.Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04390826824880427793noreply@blogger.com