What Really Works (for me)
Over at Girls Heart Books, I'm blogging today about the single thing that's helped me most with productivity over the past year...and it's a little embarrassing but, yes, absolutely true. "Bribes for the Win!"
Here's a quick snippet:
...In this mood, all I want to do is sit back, eat bon-bons (what are they, anyway? I don’t know, but they sound good right now!), and watch endless reruns of Nigella Lawson cooking shows...but every working day, I have targets to meet, whether it’s writing 2500 words for my latest freelance project or writing 1,000 words on a novel of my own.
So how does it happen? I’d like to put on an earnest expression at this point (even, perhaps, a slightly smug one) and intone: “Discipline, my friend. Simple discipline.”
But no. Ahahahaha, no.
Instead, I’ve taken the advice of a very wise friend (and fellow writer)...
You can read the rest of the entry here (and I'd love to read any of your comments).
Here's a quick snippet:
...In this mood, all I want to do is sit back, eat bon-bons (what are they, anyway? I don’t know, but they sound good right now!), and watch endless reruns of Nigella Lawson cooking shows...but every working day, I have targets to meet, whether it’s writing 2500 words for my latest freelance project or writing 1,000 words on a novel of my own.
So how does it happen? I’d like to put on an earnest expression at this point (even, perhaps, a slightly smug one) and intone: “Discipline, my friend. Simple discipline.”
But no. Ahahahaha, no.
Instead, I’ve taken the advice of a very wise friend (and fellow writer)...
You can read the rest of the entry here (and I'd love to read any of your comments).