15 Minutes a Day Writing Challenge
Jul. 1st, 2008 01:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dampscribblerThis is what I'm up against. Melanie, and anyone else who can't abide whining, just pass this by, okay. Thanks.
This moment of stream-of-consciousness brought to you in part byhalseanderson
15 minutes. I can do that. Later sometime. I'll find time after my appointment. No, I need to make dinner. And put away laundry. And pay bills, oh, I'm not paying the bills I really need to pay the bills. 15 minutes isn't really long enough to work on my novel. Maybe I should use that time to read instead. I can't find my paper. Oh, I know where my paper is, it's with the other two notebooks. Which one should I use? Which pen should I use? On the computer? I can't write on the computer, I'm going blind, the computer makes me notice how awful my vision is.
I should make an eye doctor appointment. I'll look up the number on the Internet. And while I'm at it I should make one for Maggie, too. I'll look that up on the Internet. After I write. Or before. I don't like making phone calls, I'll write first. But I need paper. Should I write at the table? The bed? I should update my laptop. And I really do need to plan dinner. And get the laundry baskets emptied. And pay the bills. And check the mailbox. And call Sue. And make plans with Steph. And answer old emails.
I wonder if I'll ever get to my novel? The ideas are good, but my house is such a mess. I should get rid of some things. I should hire a housekeeper. I'll look some up on the Internet. But I hate making phone calls. And then I need to make appointments to meet them, get estimates, blah blah. Maybe they'll come in the evening. I bet they will. Good idea.
I'm so sore from walking at the beach. I should go to the gym. I should go to the gym three times a week. And write. Write every day. For at least three hours. So, that's at 3-5 hours a week for the gym, and 21 hours a week for writing. After I get the laundry put away I'll write that into my calendar. Except on the days when I see the chiropractor. Or the eye doctor. And I'll have one day just for paying the bills and doing the grocery shopping. Because that kind of plan is working so well for me now.
Funny, I stopped noticing for a minute there how bad my eyes are. I wonder if I keep working if I'll notice it even less. But I will still need to go to the eye doctor. And Maggie will, too. Maybe I should make those phone calls.
Seriously, though, the ideas for the novel are there. Sort of. They're very half-baked. Actually, they're more like ingredients. Actually, they're more like a pantry full of ingredients, some of which will go in, some of which will not. The ones that will go in will need to be measured and mixed. Maybe I can spend 15 minutes a day measuring out ingredients. Yeah, I like that. 15 minutes to start a foundation, another 15 minutes to sniff seasonings, a pinch of this a dash of that, no leave the other out, it's not right for this meal, but it will be good for some other time.
Speaking of time, I've been writing for 15 minutes. That counts. Nyah! Nyah! Nyah!
I should make an eye doctor appointment. I'll look up the number on the Internet. And while I'm at it I should make one for Maggie, too. I'll look that up on the Internet. After I write. Or before. I don't like making phone calls, I'll write first. But I need paper. Should I write at the table? The bed? I should update my laptop. And I really do need to plan dinner. And get the laundry baskets emptied. And pay the bills. And check the mailbox. And call Sue. And make plans with Steph. And answer old emails.
I wonder if I'll ever get to my novel? The ideas are good, but my house is such a mess. I should get rid of some things. I should hire a housekeeper. I'll look some up on the Internet. But I hate making phone calls. And then I need to make appointments to meet them, get estimates, blah blah. Maybe they'll come in the evening. I bet they will. Good idea.
I'm so sore from walking at the beach. I should go to the gym. I should go to the gym three times a week. And write. Write every day. For at least three hours. So, that's at 3-5 hours a week for the gym, and 21 hours a week for writing. After I get the laundry put away I'll write that into my calendar. Except on the days when I see the chiropractor. Or the eye doctor. And I'll have one day just for paying the bills and doing the grocery shopping. Because that kind of plan is working so well for me now.
Funny, I stopped noticing for a minute there how bad my eyes are. I wonder if I keep working if I'll notice it even less. But I will still need to go to the eye doctor. And Maggie will, too. Maybe I should make those phone calls.
Seriously, though, the ideas for the novel are there. Sort of. They're very half-baked. Actually, they're more like ingredients. Actually, they're more like a pantry full of ingredients, some of which will go in, some of which will not. The ones that will go in will need to be measured and mixed. Maybe I can spend 15 minutes a day measuring out ingredients. Yeah, I like that. 15 minutes to start a foundation, another 15 minutes to sniff seasonings, a pinch of this a dash of that, no leave the other out, it's not right for this meal, but it will be good for some other time.
Speaking of time, I've been writing for 15 minutes. That counts. Nyah! Nyah! Nyah!
This moment of stream-of-consciousness brought to you in part by
halseanderson
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Date: 2008-07-01 08:31 pm (UTC)PS - it totally counts. 15 minutes is 15 minutes.
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Date: 2008-07-01 08:35 pm (UTC)And whee, that I posted when you were reading! I guess that will start happening more often now, eh?
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