Pure Procrastination: Inside the Notebook

It would seem that I posted the saturday spotlight on Friday. Oh, how the night can get a hold of your brain.

Well, today I wrote at home for the first time in a while, with homework and my discovery of video game hacking and all, so it was a good feeling to get to work again. Sadly, I did not get nearly the word count I was hoping for. But the whole comedy of the selection made up for it. I would post an excerpt, but the situation is not quite finished, so you’ll have to wait ’till tomorrow.

Well, I guess that means I’m doing double-advice Friday in that case to make up for the early spotlight saturday.
So, let me flip through my mental archive of notes. I’m sure we all know the whole willpower situation. But, many of you, including myself, find it easier said than done. It can become easier simply through some relaxation exercises. Simply breath deeply, and clear your mind of writing for the time being. Draw, write a letter, brainstorm. It will work.

But, now time for my favorite piece of advice. A lot of us know where in our story we want to get to in the short term or chapter, but we just don’t know how to get there, or our mind is acting like a brat and is saying “I don’t wanna!” to us when we tell it to think of solutions. But here’s a helpful, out-of-the-box tip for those situations. Start from the point you want to get to, say, for example, what I want to get to, “Annabeth and Gregor teasing eachother in the mountain-side hotspring in a brother and sister manner.” And then, people, you work backwards. Let’s say “they get there after Houl leads them down the trail that he found on his ride with his cat.” Huh. And then he finds the trail after he is found by the rest of the party, which is where I am currently at. Wow! I’ve found out what I’m going to write! Isn’t that simple? Try it!