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So why do I feel guilty? I probably need someone to give me permission to relax. We can't feed our imagination or create well-rounded characters (okay, I could easily create a workaholic or a control freak), if we don't even have a few spare minutes to let our creativity take flight. If we spend every spare moment writing, we aren't living. To paraphrase Maven Linda Howard, life is the fodder for our books. For every 'free' day I spend 3 or 4 more beating myself up for wasting time. The main reason I rarely indulge in a day off is the guilt. What is it that forces us to feel like we must make every moment productive? Yes, I could have gotten chapters critiqued, written several pages, prepared for some upcoming family events or, heaven forbid, cleaned house. The first thought that raced through my mind this morning was 'Do you know how much time you wasted yesterday? Can you imagine the things you could have accomplished with all that wasted time?' It was everything I thought it would be.īut I should have known I wouldn't get off scot-free. All day I felt relaxed and drowsy, even indulging in an afternoon nap.

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The kids and I played outside and we had Make Your Own Pizza Night for dinner, but after the kids were in bed I watched a movie and read some more. While the children played and my husband watched television, I read. As in my husband's favorite line from the movie Office Space: 'I did nothing and it was everything I thought it would be.' That means using whatever stolen moments when my brain is functioning to write, edit, or plot.īut yesterday, I took a day off. My biggest dream at the moment is to publish a book. For every task checked off of my To Do list, at least two more are added. I am the mother of two small children, run a resume writing business, am pursuing publication, and am a wife, daughter, sister, friend, critique partner.

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After all, I don't have a huge amount of free time. Many times I feel like I must be using every spare minute I have free to write. PS-A big congrats to my cousin Amanda on her engagement and upcoming wedding. Even though I signed up for another project today, I’m going to start giving my writing the attention it deserves and getting that page a day done. Come hell or high water (or the multitude of other things on my list), I’m getting this book finished. I’m signing up for the page a day challenge. My to do lists keep growing, and I keep letting “write” slide to the bottom. I talk a good game about making time for your writing and treating it with the importance it deserves, but I’ve been letting mine slide recently. It’s time for the Problem Child to put up or shut up. Amazing Child will be pulling the winners' names out of the cute yellow bucket after her nap. If you haven’t entered, you have until noon central time to get your entry in. We appreciate your support more than you know. I’ll be back later today to announce the winners of the Writing Playground’s First Contest. So, in the hopes of encouraging you to break through that fear, I’m sending you a copy of No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty, the founder of National Novel Writing Month. Because we know where you’re coming from. Watch every Playfriend jump to attention at the thought fear is holding someone back from writing. Oh, honey, those are dangerous words here on the Playground.

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Plus I wouldn't even know where to start.”

The fear that it won't make sense to anyone but me and the fear of failure that “Maybe one day I'll get the courage to write them down. Congrats Karen! We understand completely about the voices in our heads…īut Jennifer, who claims to only be a reader, isn’t out of the game. Some of the info on publishers is out of date, but her chapters on Characterization and Plot/Conflict are great. It's an oldie but a goodie, and I happened to find a copy on-line (I hate it when good books go out of print). This juggling act is affecting my brain function this week, so coherence is not on the agenda for today’s blog.Ĭongrats to Karen who posted why she wrote on Saturday’s blog and wins a copy of The Art of Romance Writing by Valerie Parv. But that’s becoming almost the normal state of affairs, and my list-making obsession is coming in very handy. I seem to be running wide-open these days, out of the frying pan and into the spilt milk, from pillar to post with barely a chance to catch my breath.

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