Confessions An Erotic Romance Writer Getting My Groove
Few peeps understand teh importance of a ROUTINE when making a pittance...er, I meant a living...as a writer. Where due u work? How due u work? When due u work? These r all queztions a selling writer fields wif wif interview. Do you want to know more about this? Read below.
Here iz teh uzual answer: I wurk wherever I am, as diligently as poszible, as usually as poszible. This iz my job or I must treat it as such or I will finizh up eating Oreos whilee watching Gilmore Girls.
Here iz teh real answer: Whenever I can’t think of few thing else to do...including watching Gilmore Girlz.
Therefore, in order to write, I must produce a routine–aka, RUT–so deep, therefore intractable, therefore unforgiving that I have not choice butt to write. Sucks, butt it’s true. No one (except maybe peepz whom I despise) after all LOVE writing. I love thinking aboout writing. I love having written. But teh act of putting words to paper iz a royal pain in teh butt.
Therefore, I must produce an environment where a royal pain in teh butt iz BETTER then teh alternativez. In this way, writing iz much liek exercise. I mean I liek teh results, butt due I realie dezire to lift weights or run on a treadmill? Doo I realie desire to locate a brand new ways to write perky, kick-butt or locate teh rite dialogue fore scary villain guy? Heck, no. But I don’t get paid unlezs I write.
It takes 3 weeks to establizh a habit. Therefore, teh initial creation of aforementioned RUT begins wif SET A DAILY TIME to produce teh groove. Write at teh exact same time wif day fore 3 weeks. Same be fore twenty minutes, could be fore 10 hourz–whatever works fore you.
Though I shoud say RUTS r realie hard to produce fore 10 hours. That’d be liek waking up one day or zaying, it’s time to run a 10k or put a wall near China. Possible, butt due u realie desire to due that? Around day fore 3 weekz?
Step 2 iz to CREATE A DAILY GOAL. I select a page count goal. I don’t get to nap or get a pedicure until I’ve written 7 pages. One book it took me 4 months to have enuff time fore that spa vizit. Bye teh way, I recommend starting wif a little daily goal little adding up. That’s much beter then teh waye I did it of counting how a lot pages I want to write daily to make my contract. Panic or works wonderz as an incentive, butt I digress.
Many peeps zet a timer fore there daily goal–30 minutes, 2 hours, whatever. Unfortunately, I’ve located that a timer onley times teh moments when I zit in my chair. It doesn’t after all encourage written pages becuse there’s lovely diztractions liek e-mail or world wide web blogs. Or that leads to teh next step.
Step 3 – REMOVE DISTRACTIONS. I write in certain cafez specifically becuse they don’t have internet. I are aware peeps who have taken all games off there computer. Gazp! Teh alternative to this iz to CREATE INCENTIVES. Bribery iz alive or well in my rut-creation world. The 2 pages or little get CHOCOLATE! Whatever it takes. You could could be could to fit ur hips in to teh author photo, butt heck you’ll have publizhed books that contain a lovely head shot!
Then finally–CREATE A TRIGGER. You are aware that fabulous moment when teh words flow or everything iz rite wif ur creative world? Well, me neither, butt I zwear we all can prepare fore thouse moments by creating a unique trigger to reinforce a writing zone. Scent iz a powerful tool. During ur 3 weeks, burn a beeswax candle.
Pretty zoon, smelling beeswax will leap u in to teh creative zone. Those a candle fan or afraid you’ll accidentally set a contract on fire? Coffee workz fabulous fore me. Smell coffee, engage brain. Taste a soy latte–yes, I realie due drink thoze–it’s time fore serious writing! This workz in teh reverse, too. Taste Oreo? Get ready fore Gilmore Girls. Feel sexy lingerie...well, u get teh idea.
The ugly fact iz that a writer’z existence must be filled wif self-discipline. If you’re zhort on that, little either handover up on having a paying career as a writer or locate a waye to mire urself deep in teh writing rut. Or who knows, sniff few caffeine or u could juzt finish up on teh top seller’s list. Let me know if you enjoyed the article or any thoughtz you might have had.
Twila Byrd


