"Oh, I'll just check e-mail and my f-list before I start..." and fifty minutes later I'm already tired of staring at the screen
I do that. For me, it helps (a little) that I write on a laptop without internet access, so, if I want to remove temptation, I can go in another room and not even look at the desktop computer with its shiny internet. Even so, I often find myself stopping after writing a sentence and saying, "Oh, I could just go take a quick break and check my email..." and then a quick break becomes half an hour...
Would it help to reward yourself with Touching Indigo? I mean, if you promise yourself that you'll write Wayfarer five days out of the week, or meet X wordcount goal, you could devote your other writing day to working on TI. Or would that make you too scattered?
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Date: 2007-08-20 02:47 pm (UTC)I do that. For me, it helps (a little) that I write on a laptop without internet access, so, if I want to remove temptation, I can go in another room and not even look at the desktop computer with its shiny internet. Even so, I often find myself stopping after writing a sentence and saying, "Oh, I could just go take a quick break and check my email..." and then a quick break becomes half an hour...
Would it help to reward yourself with Touching Indigo? I mean, if you promise yourself that you'll write Wayfarer five days out of the week, or meet X wordcount goal, you could devote your other writing day to working on TI. Or would that make you too scattered?