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Super Sad True Habits of Highly Effective Writers: Part 1

http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/14981/super-sad-true-habits-of-highly-effective-writers-part-1.html

Some examples:

Sarah Rose Etter (Tongue Party): I usually drink for about two weeks straight, and then right before I truly forget what it is to be a human being, I sober up, drink wheatgrass shots only for three days, and eventually the story comes to me as a sort of hallucination/miracle. That process has always worked for me. I believe it originated with the Mayans.

Alexi Zenter (Touch, The Lobster Kings):I’m a big believer of simply getting your ass in the chair, but most mornings my ritual consists of getting my daughters off to school and then making a Starbucks run. I’m actually pretty embarrassed to admit the Starbucks run, not in the least because I order a Venti Decaf Mocha Frappuccino Light, otherwise know as a crappy milkshake. A lot of times I pretend I’m ordering it for my wife.

8th May 2012
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Once in a while you find the right item to start your morning allowing you to download some of that procrastination you’ve been saving up all night.

[Yes, I watched until the very end. I’m a loser that way, but then again, I’m also winning with a very fine point.]

(Source: theparisreview.org)

24th April 2012
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WRITERS WITH ATTENTION-SPAN ISSUES: Follow instructions in red.

WRITERS WITH ATTENTION-SPAN ISSUES: Follow instructions in red.

(Source: therumpus.net)

19th April 2012
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Writers: If you’re going to procrastinate, do it right.

From Gretchen Rubin’s, “Problem With Procrastination? Try This: Do Nothing.”

[Raymond] Chandler set aside at least four hours each day for writing; he didn’t force himself to write, but he didn’t let himself do anything else. He wouldn’t let himself read, write letters, write checks — nothing. He summed up: “Two very simple rules: a.) You don’t have to write. b.) You can’t do anything else. The rest comes of itself.”

13th February 2012
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I am starting to believe there is a part of my brain that houses a lazy lump of a gnome holding a long thin stick while dozing off or staring into cerebral space. Once in a strategic while, he lifts the stick and pokes another part of my brain, another gnome perhaps. This gnome clears his throat and in a deep, almost imperceptible voice says, “That’ll do, Pig. That’ll do.” What’s annoying is every time I hear this voice, I haven’t done anything yet.

I am starting to believe there is a part of my brain that houses a lazy lump of a gnome holding a long thin stick while dozing off or staring into cerebral space. Once in a strategic while, he lifts the stick and pokes another part of my brain, another gnome perhaps. This gnome clears his throat and in a deep, almost imperceptible voice says, “That’ll do, Pig. That’ll do.”

What’s annoying is every time I hear this voice, I haven’t done anything yet.

17th November 2011
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The Gender Genie

http://bookblog.net/gender/genie.php

Apparently, this little algorithm analyzes your writing to figure out if you’re a man-child or a roaring woman. You can type something, paste in your fiction/nonfiction, or paste in a post from your blog. It works best with 500+ words.

I wanted to pass this on, my writer friends, to increase the expanse of my procrastination.

17th February 2011
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