What would you do if you believed your focused attention was a precious resource?
Sustained focus is renewable, but it is not infinite during the course of the day. How would you treat yourself if you knew that ?
I think I'd be a lot kinder to myself about not being able to write for eight hours on end.
And you?
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Write for 8 hours on end? Good grief! 4 - tops. I'm not into turning my mind and body over to a muse for half of my consciousness each day. Writers need to be living life in order to write about it. 8 hours of butt in chair every day is not living life, it's avoiding the stories that are developing and evolving all around us.
ReplyDeleteStories come from people. 4 hours of being out in the world where people are walking and talking - then 4 hours of butt in chair... Or 4 hours of reading followed by 4 hours of writing.
You can't write about life if you are not living life or reading about life. Find your own personal balance then celebrate that! The words will live there.
Yeah. I heard that Nora Roberts writes for eight hours a day, and well....
ReplyDeleteSuddenly I had unachievable/overwhelming goals.
I've gotten better. Mostly. ;)