Saturday, April 17, 2010

Taking Out the Garbage

This is a really thought-provoking and fantastic article by Jennifer Crusie about how a writer's work happens in his/her head, and thus you need to watch how much time you spend thinking about things that aren't on your list of priorities.

From Taking Out the Garbage:
Did you get caught up by somebody else’s indignation on the Internet, firing off e-mails of your own and fuming at the unfairness of life instead of writing about it? If that’s where you wanted your emotional and creative life to go, you’re in good shape. If it isn’t, get over whatever it was that stole your mind and get back to where you want to be.


Author website: J. J. DeBenedictis

2 comments:

Whirlochre said...

It's 5.47am here in the UK and I'm up to bash a few chapters into place.

BUT, as ever, the curse of "stuff" distracts.

So, thanks for posting about Jenny's article.

You may just have streamelined my morning.

Great makeover btw.

jjdebenedictis said...

Whirlochre: Ooh, good luck with the writing! I find early morning writing surprisingly effective, given I'm not a morning person.

The makeover is due to Blogger's good design sense, rather than mine, but thank you!

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