Excuses used not to write
What kind of excuses have you used not to get you butt in the chair and write? I have to admit I used so many over the years that I can’t remember most of them. My favourite is that I don’t have time. Well that’s crap (for me), I just need to make time. Another one I use a lot is I’m not in the mood. For that one I don’t really have a comeback. If I’m not in the mood then what’s the point in writing? I’ll just come to hate writing if I force it too much, but if I don’t push myself I’ll just get lazy.
That being said I did get my butt in the chair yesterday and wrote two more pages.
So what are your excuses for not writing? Let’s hear them.
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Comment // October 19th, 2006 // 9:13 am
“Not in the mood” describes mine. It’s partially because I write historicals set in Victorian England and, for me personally, I need to be in that zone. During the week, I find it difficult to get into the flow after working late at my day job. I think that’s why I work best if at my computer for a day or two on the weekend churning out 20-50 pages in one sitting. I immerse myself in that world and lose myself in it a bit.
Comment // October 20th, 2006 // 8:11 am
See after two pages I’m itching to walk away. When that happens on the weekend I leave the computer on and will eventually come back to write a few more pages and go away again.