Hi Meta, I'm so glad to hear someone talk about the difficulty of sitting in the chair, that is, simply the physical difficulty. I think it's my main obstacle and always has been. If I don't feel comfortable (fit, relaxed) I don't like sitting, now being a good example owing to lots of covid inactivity. So I'm going to follow your lead and take frequent short walks--there's a park right outside my house, for god's sake--at the very least, and also do other exercise if for nothing else than to achieve some sense of calm for writing. I have an MFA and I've published a dozen stories in journals, but my life's ambition has always been to publish a book. Now I'm retired, post-25 years at a tech firm (a good job; everybody had to eat and I needed a health plan and a steady pay check) and fortunate enough to be safe at home and with my amazing husband. so WHAT HAS STOPPED ME NOW, THESE LAST TWO YEARS?? Very, very odd, since I have total freedom. I'm so used to thinking there are outside obstacles--unsupportive people, no time--that I find it difficult to shake those things and see that I've got a wide open path now. Oh--plotting is hard, too! And am I thinking that my late mother would be jealous? Yes, I am. But that physical thing is a real, real obstacle for me.
Hi Meta. I've written two books that are published and have two more in various stages of draft. Thankfully I am quite disciplined. It can be daunting though when you know you're in the beginning stages of what is going to be a lot of work. In one of my drafts I don't have all the answers yet but I have to trust that they will come. I love the phrase "trust emergence." Even though I'm fairly disciplined and can write regularly over the long haul, I wish I could write for longer periods of time - a few hours a day rather than an hour or so. That would make a significant difference to my progress. The people who get a lot of books written, spend a lot of time writing! There is always something to aspire too!
As I responder here, I am suppose to be writing my book so I think I do lack discipline! I am either all on fire and the words pour from me or "I need to clean the garage and wash my hair."
Hi Meta, I'm so glad to hear someone talk about the difficulty of sitting in the chair, that is, simply the physical difficulty. I think it's my main obstacle and always has been. If I don't feel comfortable (fit, relaxed) I don't like sitting, now being a good example owing to lots of covid inactivity. So I'm going to follow your lead and take frequent short walks--there's a park right outside my house, for god's sake--at the very least, and also do other exercise if for nothing else than to achieve some sense of calm for writing. I have an MFA and I've published a dozen stories in journals, but my life's ambition has always been to publish a book. Now I'm retired, post-25 years at a tech firm (a good job; everybody had to eat and I needed a health plan and a steady pay check) and fortunate enough to be safe at home and with my amazing husband. so WHAT HAS STOPPED ME NOW, THESE LAST TWO YEARS?? Very, very odd, since I have total freedom. I'm so used to thinking there are outside obstacles--unsupportive people, no time--that I find it difficult to shake those things and see that I've got a wide open path now. Oh--plotting is hard, too! And am I thinking that my late mother would be jealous? Yes, I am. But that physical thing is a real, real obstacle for me.
Hi Meta. I've written two books that are published and have two more in various stages of draft. Thankfully I am quite disciplined. It can be daunting though when you know you're in the beginning stages of what is going to be a lot of work. In one of my drafts I don't have all the answers yet but I have to trust that they will come. I love the phrase "trust emergence." Even though I'm fairly disciplined and can write regularly over the long haul, I wish I could write for longer periods of time - a few hours a day rather than an hour or so. That would make a significant difference to my progress. The people who get a lot of books written, spend a lot of time writing! There is always something to aspire too!
As I responder here, I am suppose to be writing my book so I think I do lack discipline! I am either all on fire and the words pour from me or "I need to clean the garage and wash my hair."