I know I can write more than I do. When I put my mind to it I can write 2000 words a day. I just have to put my my to it every day. My problem is Writer ADD. There are so many things I want to do when I get home from work. One of them is writing. The rest – spending time with the boyfriend, playing with my websites, email, Facebook, read.

I’m taking two online workshops right now on how to be more productive. Yes, one isn’t enough for me, that’s how much help I need. For one we had to list what gets in the way of writing. After looking at my list I realized the only thing that gets in the way is me. I could be more disciplined. The boyfriend is very supportive. He asks me if I’ve done my words for the day. We share the cooking. He does the laundry. There’s no reason I can’t write more in the evenings. The second had us write out our schedule for the day. I looked at that and realized how much time I wasted on email and Facebook. It really isn’t necessary to hit the refresh on email every two minutes. Or hit the refresh on Facebook every five minutes.

If I want to accomplish my goals of finishing one novel, one screenplay and six short stories I have to get cracking. So far I’ve finished three short stories and submitted one. Which is actually more than I had done in the past year and a half. I’ve got another short story on the go. I have my novel input into my Write It Now software so I can figure out what’s missing. And I’ve got 25 pages of the screenplay done. The goals are still doable.

To help me write more I will be keeping Outlook closed until I’ve written my minimum words for the day. I’m upping my minimum words of 100 per day to 500 per day. Facebook will also be closed until I’ve reached the minimum for the day. The big step is getting my office set up. I need my things around me to write. I need my desk and my printer. I need my office supplies. I need my reference books right there so I can flip through them when I need them. I can’t wait to have that. I know I’ll be able to get lots of writing done that way.

No writing for me right now though. I’m off to work.

Until next time…

Cindy