I will set my alarm each morning to awaken me with this:
I will leave no trick un-exploited in my efforts to finish this book
- I will use the laundry trick (that’s 34 minutes to wash-write, and 28 minutes to dry-write)
- The captive audience trick (any time I’m in a waiting room; why else do I have a MacBook Air?)
- The just-5-minutes trick (what do I have to lose?)
- The muted Law & Order trick (I know I’ll turn it off to concentrate)
- The change of scenery trick again and again and again (the living room, the dining room, the guest room, the bedroom, the courtyard, the Starbucks, the other Starbucks)
I will resist watching this:
And this:
And especially this:
Every time I hear myself say any of the following:
You’re not a writer, you know
That sentence totally sucks
Um, wait, I think you missed a chance to gaze at your navel
No one wants to read this shizzle but your mom
I will drop and give myself 20
BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT, DAMMIT, AND I’M THE ONE WHO HAS TO WRITE IT!
