Well, it’s that time of the month again. No…not THAT time jackass silly, but the first Wednesday of the month, where I’m supposed to post about my wake up in the middle of the night screaming nightmares insecurities so that other clueless dipshits writers don’t feel alone.
So…what have I done since my last post, that would feed the insecurity monster that resides in most of us?
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Well….let’s see.
-/ With my new full time job, I don’t have a whole hell of a lot of free time anymore so I only get between 1-3 hours a day to use my laptop.
-/ I spend most of that time checking in on my 3 biggest time-wasters priorities.
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I just can’t seem to type in my Microsoft Word program without having these 3 open and distracting me every 5 minutes.
-/ I bought a writing desk and moved the furniture around in my room so that I have to tightrope walk be careful getting into bed, but I continue to sit in my Mom’s lazyboy chair, in front of distraction number four the television.
What I really need, is a good dose of discipline. Anyone know where I can get me some of that? Cheap?
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(You’re disappointed that I didn’t post a picture of a whip wielding dominatrix, aren’t you?)
What keeps YOU from moving forward on the WIP?
And here I am, trying to get 1000 words in before I go to bed, and I think “What’s Wendy been up to?” So I hop on over and here I am typing. Yes, this social media stuff sucks up our time, doesn’t it. Discipline for me, means turning off the email and the internet. So hard to do. It’s all so tempting.
Stopping now… back to my word count.
You are better than me Jennifer. And congrats on all your awards!
Thanks, it’s been a heck of a week.
I have done all of those things too and do you know, my word count hasn’t moved one bit??? I don’t understand it.
lol…you and I are in the same boat Sarah, but I’m ahead of you because I’m not expecting mine to move at least.
There are several ways of fulfilling this goal without even worrying about tightrope walking, peeping through the trappings of a slaves bearskin underpants or contemplating the cravings of television and several intriguingly depraved websites whilst hungrily writing out your next posting, but the trick of this neat little accomplishment is to plot your directions so that not even the glimpse of a naked and well proportioned hunk can thwart you from the task in hand, yes writing your next blog of course now come on Wendy this lack of concentration is what got you here in the first place.
Anyway I think that you can read between the lines and accomplish something uniquely desirable, and without even having one deliciously naughty thought, well in theory you can anyway
Have a great rest of afternoon and evening Wendy,
and thank you for adding such a wonderful posting
Androgoth XXx
Thank you for your comments and your great insight Androgoth. Have a great evening!
Yes it was okay I guess?
lol One just cannot
Have fun today 
But there is always room for
improvement if you catch
my drift
find the right slaves these
days
Androgoth XXx
Oh, I hear you! So many distractions–”Oh, I’ll just read one more blog post,” “Oh, I’ll just respond to that Twitter comment.” I tried switching it over so I do my creative writing first and then the social media, but it didn’t work. I guess I like to feel “caught up” on my social media sites first. But I’ve told myself, no matter what, I need to work some on my WIP each day. I’m currently outlining. I’m in phase 2 which means I’ve sketched out all of the scenes, and now I’m going through them each in more detail. I have 53 total, so I’m trying to do one a day. This comes out to about 1000-1500 words by the time I’ve expanded the scene, and so far I’m pretty happy with that. But I still need to find another balance. If I worked full-time like you, I’d probably have to settle for 300-500 words a day or an hour a day, whichever was more. And I’d cut myself some slack.
But man, those other temptations call, don’t they?
Great post.
I am terrible. I haven’t written anything new for at least a week now, and I had my 2 days off already! I will have to fix this if I ever hope to finish the 2 books I’ve already started.
If I was still working, I’d be in the same boat, believe me. In fact, I wouldn’t likely have a blog, so you’re way ahead of me there.
Well, I don’t feel so bad now. Thanks.
Those aren’t insecurities! Those are what we all suffer – discipline, time constraint and distraction. If you ever solve any of them, I hope you will tell the secret.
I forgot to add that a good friend of mine is going to help me fix my first novel, already published, because I am unsure about how good it is.
Have faith in your own abilities my sweet
friend and the rest will all fit into place nicely
Androgoth XXx