Tag: procrastination
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Tortoises & Hares
The tortoise & hare fable makes a good illustration of style differences between writers. I’ve ranted on word counts and productivity worship enough times that I don’t need to do it again. But it’s awfully satisfying to get the frustration off my chest. So I’m going at it today. Again. It’s okay to move along. I know, […]
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Wherein I admit procrastination and rant about figure skating
How did I lose a whole week? Oh, right. Winter Olympics. The only nod towards productivity was my tight-fisted refusal to fork over the extra cash for NBC Sports channel. I always lose more time to the snow games than the summer ones. Figure skating and speed skating, biathalon, skicross, snowcross, half-pipes and giant slaloms–I would watch […]
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Writer’s Banes Episode 1: Procrastination and Inspiration
A recent discussion about procrastination on a Facebook board (of all places) got my dander up about the Great Art Versus Boring Grind debate. It’s a false argument that permeates articles about creativity too, and it toasts my temper, it really does. People, procrastination is normal. It’s inevitable. and it’s avoidable. The one thing that […]