Comments on: Keep Productive With Writing Prep Rituals http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/ freelance writing by a freelance writer that works in the freelance writing field Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:57:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mark_hayward http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/comment-page-1/#comment-5265 mark_hayward Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:24:27 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/#comment-5265 Great tips, Monika! I have been struggling lately so I am going to try out your list and see if I can get inspired. :) THANKS. Great tips, Monika! I have been struggling lately so I am going to try out your list and see if I can get inspired. :) THANKS.

]]> By: Brett Legree http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/comment-page-1/#comment-5175 Brett Legree Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:54:20 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/#comment-5175 @Monika, This is great. I try to do this, and up to now I've done it in an easy chair in my upstairs den, or outside. But it is no longer practical and I'll need a desk. I've been sharing a desk with my wife, but it is too cluttered for my tastes and I have a solution. I am going to set up a small desk for me next week, when I'm on vacation, that faces my vision board. It will have only the bare things on it - basically, what you have listed yourself. That's really all I need to do, and then that book will be churned out in no time at all! Thanks for this great post! @lissie, I hear you. I have that problem too, so as I mentioned in Monika's next post, I turn off as many notifications as possible, turn off the sound, and use a multiple desktop application to separate real work from tempting distractions. Yes, discipline would take care of this too. But a little help is okay, right? -Brett @Monika,

This is great. I try to do this, and up to now I’ve done it in an easy chair in my upstairs den, or outside. But it is no longer practical and I’ll need a desk. I’ve been sharing a desk with my wife, but it is too cluttered for my tastes and I have a solution.

I am going to set up a small desk for me next week, when I’m on vacation, that faces my vision board. It will have only the bare things on it – basically, what you have listed yourself.

That’s really all I need to do, and then that book will be churned out in no time at all!

Thanks for this great post!

@lissie,

I hear you. I have that problem too, so as I mentioned in Monika’s next post, I turn off as many notifications as possible, turn off the sound, and use a multiple desktop application to separate real work from tempting distractions.

Yes, discipline would take care of this too. But a little help is okay, right?

-Brett

]]> By: Monika http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/comment-page-1/#comment-5167 Monika Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:05:09 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/#comment-5167 @ Stephan Miller: That's a great way to get a productive day happening. It's a nice ritual you have too, simple but effective by the sounds of it. Thanks for sharing with us. @ Stephan Miller: That’s a great way to get a productive day happening. It’s a nice ritual you have too, simple but effective by the sounds of it.
Thanks for sharing with us.

]]> By: Monika http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/comment-page-1/#comment-5166 Monika Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:03:36 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/#comment-5166 @ Cath: Oh, food is the essence that goes amiss in a many writer's life. I forget to eat so often it's not funny. But then it isn't good either since I only end up pigging out at midnight. Clearing clutter is so liberating. It just sucks when you can't do much because when you clean up one corner, another gets messed up. Warning to all, don't get any ideas on refurbishing your house. Enjoy the sanity while it lasts. :-) @ Cath: Oh, food is the essence that goes amiss in a many writer’s life. I forget to eat so often it’s not funny. But then it isn’t good either since I only end up pigging out at midnight.

Clearing clutter is so liberating. It just sucks when you can’t do much because when you clean up one corner, another gets messed up. Warning to all, don’t get any ideas on refurbishing your house. Enjoy the sanity while it lasts. :-)

]]> By: Monika http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/comment-page-1/#comment-5165 Monika Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:59:45 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/#comment-5165 @ Friar: That is what inspiration does to us. It strikes at the most inconvenient time, like at 3AM when my brain is exploding with great writing ideas and then by 7AM I forgot all about it. I wish someone would invent the glowing pen and notepad. Now I know why you live in Canada. You wouldn't love it here to paint in the middle of summer. @ Friar: That is what inspiration does to us. It strikes at the most inconvenient time, like at 3AM when my brain is exploding with great writing ideas and then by 7AM I forgot all about it.

I wish someone would invent the glowing pen and notepad.

Now I know why you live in Canada. You wouldn’t love it here to paint in the middle of summer.

]]> By: Monika http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/comment-page-1/#comment-5164 Monika Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:57:21 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/#comment-5164 @ Akemi: Ack, you just made me really hungry. It's freezing here right now and a nice hot bowl of oats would come handy. Great to hear about your incense ritual. I love those little rituals, they are so small but hold a lot of meaning. Thank you for sharing. @ Akemi: Ack, you just made me really hungry. It’s freezing here right now and a nice hot bowl of oats would come handy.

Great to hear about your incense ritual. I love those little rituals, they are so small but hold a lot of meaning. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Monika http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/comment-page-1/#comment-5163 Monika Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:55:13 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/#comment-5163 @ Chris: Thank you. I agree and it's kind of ironic, since most of us work online. I'm not sure whether I could do the work offline thing though. I often find myself in urgent need to jump on Google and if I had to switch between online and offline it would prove even more distracting. We could call it the battle of the mind. There is a good remix from Jim Rohn we here sings about this, kind of a groovy PD remix. @ Chris: Thank you. I agree and it’s kind of ironic, since most of us work online. I’m not sure whether I could do the work offline thing though. I often find myself in urgent need to jump on Google and if I had to switch between online and offline it would prove even more distracting.

We could call it the battle of the mind. There is a good remix from Jim Rohn we here sings about this, kind of a groovy PD remix.

]]> By: lissie http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/comment-page-1/#comment-5160 lissie Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:29:54 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/#comment-5160 Most of my destractions are on the computer: gmail, igoogle, adsense earnings etc etc. I need to get better at shutting everything down except for the research I am currently doing! Most of my destractions are on the computer: gmail, igoogle, adsense earnings etc etc. I need to get better at shutting everything down except for the research I am currently doing!

]]> By: Stephan Miller http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/comment-page-1/#comment-5146 Stephan Miller Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:49:24 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/#comment-5146 Most of my posts are written in the office before I start work. I unpack everything, set up the laptop, look through my notes from the days before in my notebook. If I have a post idea ready, I click the DarkRoom icon and start typing, allowing nothing else to interrupt until I am done. Most of my posts are written in the office before I start work. I unpack everything, set up the laptop, look through my notes from the days before in my notebook. If I have a post idea ready, I click the DarkRoom icon and start typing, allowing nothing else to interrupt until I am done.

]]> By: Cath Lawson http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/comment-page-1/#comment-5144 Cath Lawson Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:34:00 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2008/07/23/keep-productive-with-writing-prep-rituals/#comment-5144 Hi Monika - I've been struggling to write lately and like you, I'm surrounded by clutter right now. And you're right - ot does make a huge difference. I'm going to take your advice and make it a priority to clean up the clutter around me. I like the idea of keeping nibbles in the fridge too. I have a terrible habit of going hungry unless someone reminds me to eat. Hi Monika – I’ve been struggling to write lately and like you, I’m surrounded by clutter right now. And you’re right – ot does make a huge difference. I’m going to take your advice and make it a priority to clean up the clutter around me.

I like the idea of keeping nibbles in the fridge too. I have a terrible habit of going hungry unless someone reminds me to eat.

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