Wednesday Wordcount
Much better today! I am relieved.
1,046 words.
What's really helping me make the most of my opportunities to write is a little freeware program called Temptation Blocker, which allows me to block all access to certain programs for a specified period of time. So I've set it to block my web browser, e-mail, internet messaging and offline LJ editor, and as soon as the kids are in bed, I set the timer for an hour and a half or two hours and start writing. Thanks to Temptation Blocker I can't access the Internet during that time without typing in a very long and awkward string of characters first, so that helps me keep my nose to the grindstone until I've got at least a couple of hundred words done.
It's sad that I need this kind of thing to keep me on track, but such is the seductive power of teh intarwebs.
1,046 words.
What's really helping me make the most of my opportunities to write is a little freeware program called Temptation Blocker, which allows me to block all access to certain programs for a specified period of time. So I've set it to block my web browser, e-mail, internet messaging and offline LJ editor, and as soon as the kids are in bed, I set the timer for an hour and a half or two hours and start writing. Thanks to Temptation Blocker I can't access the Internet during that time without typing in a very long and awkward string of characters first, so that helps me keep my nose to the grindstone until I've got at least a couple of hundred words done.
It's sad that I need this kind of thing to keep me on track, but such is the seductive power of teh intarwebs.