A Writer’s Time Sheet…

I was trying to think of a way to get more productivity out of my writing.  The first thing I needed to know was how long I was writing/working on the novel.  I also needed to know how many days of the week I was actually working.  Below is a table that may help me keep my productivity up and my procrastinating down.  I was just thinking, maybe I should also add a slot for the total of hours a day I work.

I’ll see how this works for me and let you know.  Maybe it can work for you.

Day/Date:	Time Start:	Time Stop:	Notes:
Wednesday / Jan 12,11	12: 00 PM	4:30 PM	Wrote an outline for a scene in chapter 2

Procrastination Is A Bitch…

Why is it a bitch?  Procrastination is very easy to do!  If you don’t feel like doing anything you’re not being lazy you’re procrastinating about doing something.  If you are doing something other than what you’re suppose to be doing you’re procrastinating what needs to get done.  So yes, it’s very easy to do!  I did it everyday last week!  I did a lot last week…slept late, changed my cable plan, played Moh Jong and lost too many times to count.  That’s is just a few things I did, the one thing I should have been doing everyday I didn’t do, and that was write!

If you read below you’ll know why I was procrastinating. Hopefully I know where I’ll be going and won’t procrastinate getting myself there.

 

January 22, 2011—

5:47 PM—

Wrote a little today…may write later tonight. Mad at self for procrastinating for so long. In my own defense, I was having trouble seeing what was happening to her and couldn’t get it on the page. Now I can see what’s happening!

 

January 23, 2011—

5:05 PM—

I didn’t write last night. However, I wrote a scene in the manuscript today it seemed to flow I wish that could happen everyday. Actually, I’m in the middle of the scene but the part I wrote today seemed to flow well. I wasn’t looking at the page with a blank stare like I usually do!

 

January 25, 2011—

4:00 PM—

Edited what I wrote Sunday and wrote a little more today. I didn’t do as much as I planned to but at least I did something today!

Back To Work…

With the holidays over, and the issues I needed to address during the holidays have been taken care of I can get back to work.  Since it's winter in Massachusetts I have at least two months to work on my novel,  most likely three months because April isn't all that “Springy” as far as springtime weather is concerned.  Most of the time springtime doesn’t start until May in Massachusetts.  Tonight, we will have at least 12 inches  of snow maybe more dumped on us.  So I won't be going anywhere anytime soon so I won't have any excuses not to write.

As you can see, I have started writing in the last couple of days.  Hopefully I can get back into rhythm and not get any “life” distractions to derail my productively or progress to getting my novel written in 2011. 

By the way…Happy New Year everyone!

January 9, 2011—

4:15 PM—

Worked on mapping out a scene in chapter two for “A Thirst for Love”— skimmed through two of my writing reference books to get a better idea of how to get the scene on paper.

January 11, 2011—

3:30 PM—

Worked on chapter two on “A Thirst for Love”— editing some paragraphs and wrote some…