I’m a procrastinator and it
drives me crazy. At least, I’m a procrastinator when it comes to writing. And I love to write, so what’s the deal?
What’s my problem?
Every week I make a blog
post on Wednesday. And every week it
seems like I’m sitting in front of my computer- scrambling to get an idea to
write about or if I do have an idea, I’m scrambling to get the post written.
Every week. It’s ridiculous. Like I
don’t have a moment’s time to do it before Wednesday morning? Yeah, but I
do.
And this procrastination of
mine has bitten me in the butt more than once.
Some of my posts are missing details and key ideas that I think of after I’ve posted. If I would have written the piece earlier in
the week, I would have given myself some time to think about my copy and add
to/edit what I’d written before posting day.
Also, even though I try hard to catch all typing errors, I don’t. Again, because I’m not making enough time to
let the work simmer before I throw it out there.
I’m also working on my pitch
to get an agent to look at my first book.
I have procrastinated the hell out of this. I keep re-writing and word jockeying the
query letter. To make matters worse, I do about a million things before I get
down to this number one priority task.
For example, today, instead
of working on trying to sell my book I’ve:
1. Looked at Facebook
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| See number 8 on my list... |
2. Read the newspaper
3. Researched chalkboard art on Pinterest
4. Checked my NCAA bracket standings (like I really care!)
5. Hung a picture in my office
6. Laundry
7. And….. wrote this blog post (did I mention that today is
Sunday?)
8. Spent a ridiculous amount of time looking for clip art
for this blog post.
Really.
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| Thinking and plotting is not procrastination. Avoiding thinking and plotting is. |
So it goes.
Until next time,
Be Good to Yourself.
~Nadine
P.S. Today is Wednesday, and guess what? I found three typing errors and clarified a couple of sentences...hummmmm...
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