Comments on: A Little at a Time http://sallybradley.com/2007/07/27/a-little-at-a-time/ Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:03:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Georgiana D http://sallybradley.com/2007/07/27/a-little-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Georgiana D Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:10:16 +0000 http://sallybradley.com/?p=219#comment-397 You sound like me! Summertime is the worst time for trying to get anything accomplished. I love routine and when I'm deprived of it, I wilt. THat said, I agree with the others that we have to use every scrap of time to get the words on paper. Also, I'm starting to use my "zoning" time on the treadmill to think about my story. That way when I sit down I have an idea where I'm going. You sound like me! Summertime is the worst time for trying to get anything accomplished. I love routine and when I’m deprived of it, I wilt. THat said, I agree with the others that we have to use every scrap of time to get the words on paper. Also, I’m starting to use my “zoning” time on the treadmill to think about my story. That way when I sit down I have an idea where I’m going.

]]> By: Robin Johns Grant http://sallybradley.com/2007/07/27/a-little-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Robin Johns Grant Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:26:05 +0000 http://sallybradley.com/?p=219#comment-396 When I was working on my master's degree a couple of years ago, I got so good at using every scrap of time available to me. I always kept one of my textbooks and a notebook with me. If I had ten minutes waiting for someone in a restaurant, I'd work on an assignment. It was not only amazing how much I got done, but it also kept my mind "in gear." I didn't have to do so much settling into the subject. I could use those small amounts of time because my momentum stayed built up. Since I graduated, I'm having a hard time getting into that rhythm with my writing. I blame it on being burned out, but I really want to get back into that, because it truly is amazing what you can accomplish with a half hour here and there. When I was working on my master’s degree a couple of years ago, I got so good at using every scrap of time available to me. I always kept one of my textbooks and a notebook with me. If I had ten minutes waiting for someone in a restaurant, I’d work on an assignment. It was not only amazing how much I got done, but it also kept my mind “in gear.” I didn’t have to do so much settling into the subject. I could use those small amounts of time because my momentum stayed built up.

Since I graduated, I’m having a hard time getting into that rhythm with my writing. I blame it on being burned out, but I really want to get back into that, because it truly is amazing what you can accomplish with a half hour here and there.

]]> By: Erica Vetsch http://sallybradley.com/2007/07/27/a-little-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Erica Vetsch Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:24:43 +0000 http://sallybradley.com/?p=219#comment-395 It's so easy to get frustrated when you're longing to write, you have a deadline, self imposed or otherwise, looming, and it seems everything in your life is conspiring to keep you away from your keyboard. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow and take care of what needs taking care of, and sometimes you have to carve out time for yourself, a few hours, a day. I'm known to steal a Saturday from time to time to put work in on a WIP where I can't access my email, my blog or the fridge. :P I also try to get my family "playing on my team" by letting them know what I need most...facetime on the laptop and quiet. My kids are great about this. And I try to remember that every word I write is another step toward the finish line. You can eat an elephant, but you have to do it one word at a time. Write on. 800 words is nothing to sneeze at. It’s so easy to get frustrated when you’re longing to write, you have a deadline, self imposed or otherwise, looming, and it seems everything in your life is conspiring to keep you away from your keyboard.

Sometimes you just have to go with the flow and take care of what needs taking care of, and sometimes you have to carve out time for yourself, a few hours, a day. I’m known to steal a Saturday from time to time to put work in on a WIP where I can’t access my email, my blog or the fridge. :P

I also try to get my family “playing on my team” by letting them know what I need most…facetime on the laptop and quiet. My kids are great about this.

And I try to remember that every word I write is another step toward the finish line.

You can eat an elephant, but you have to do it one word at a time. Write on. 800 words is nothing to sneeze at.

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