“Productive” Procrastination for Writers - Part 2
We’re back for Part 2! Here are five more productive procrastination strategies for writers.
A new year
Unfortunately, the whole New Years celebration thing is purely symbolic and based in the human construct of time as divided into orbits of the Earth around the sun, so really there’s no magical guarantee that we’ll have a fresh start as of January 1st. But I’ll take what I can get, and if this rather arbitrary day inspires hope and motivates growth then I’m all for it.
A thank you
Here’s a bit of a belated gratitude post in honor of Thanksgiving. This year has been particularly rough for so many, and I know that I’ve found it more difficult than usual to be thankful for the positive things when they seem so outweighed by the negative. So I figured Thanksgiving is as good of an excuse as any to express my gratitude.
“Productive” Procrastination for Writers - Part 1
As a writer, there are times when I spend as much time procrastinating as writing (if not more). Let’s be honest, sometimes the words just don’t come easily. Sometimes we aren’t in the right head space. Sometimes we’re thinking about our stories—and that can be just as valuable as writing, in my opinion. But there are things we writers can do when we’re not writing that can still, at least sort of, be productive.
A prologue
Well, hello there. This first post is really just here to say: hey, look, a blog! It’s a prologue of sorts. A brief introduction to why I’ve decided to start a blog and what sorts of things I might write here. So, without further ado—