Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - A Good, Hard...

...kick in the ass. That's what I need. I've come to realize that, more than anything else, it's laziness that's doing in any chance of me having any sort of semi-regular writing career.

Now, I realize that for most people, writing is in itself its own motivation. Well, it is for me, too - it's just that I'm a very lazy person in general, so my motivation to sit down and write only ends up amounting to a couple of hours per week.

The only times in the past that I've really written steadily for hours at a time and days in a row was either when I was coming close to the end of a novel (which doesn't really count, since I think that's the way most people get when they're finishing a long project) and during NaNoWriMo, where I think the sense of community really helped me out. So, a question for those who have also gone through periods of really having to motivate themselves: What works?


Cavan blogged at 11:02 PM | 5 comments


Progress

Zilch!
0/0


Listening


A.J. Croce - "Maybe I'm Amazed"



My Music


Reading


Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney

My Library


Watching


Black Book: B


Sweet and Lowdown: C


Breakfast on Pluto: B


Wishlist


Bridge of Sighs - Richard Russo


Rachael Yamagata - Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart