- go for a long walk and have at least 3 amazing story ideas by the time I got home
- make some coffee and set myself up by the window with notepad and pen
- write something freehand, original and long without stopping
- not even think about going online
- type up the first draft of brand-new story on my laptop (still not thinking about going online)
- edit and finish several works in progress and find places to sub them to (this will involve going online but I'll be very quick and productive)
- be amazed as all the components of a plot for a novel fall into place in my mind for the first time ever
- write the first 1000 words of that novel
- eat very healthily and maybe do a few sit ups inbetween the various writing tasks
- enjoy feeling completely fulfilled and happy about how I've spent my day
So it's just such a damn shame I have to go to work because today really would have been, like, the best writing day, ever.
5 comments:
Would it though?
Hello,
Found your blog through Jessica's blog...I'm enjoying it muchly (yep, it's word)will keep checking in!
Kerry x
Hi Kerry - nice to meet you and thanks so much(ly) for reading and saying hello!
Miles - no, it wouldn't. It's just that unjust feeling you get when you have to go to work for the money you wish you could make from doing the thing you love... not that I don't love making lattes and pulling pints and cleaning tables. Ahem.
I do know that feeling, apart from the making drinks part. But sometimes the having to endure a day at work can put that fire in your belly, that urgency to make sure you make the most of the next free time you have off. And I know you do that lots, so don't punish yourself! xxx
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