July writing goals review

In July 2010, I made my daily word count goal sixteen days out of thirty-one. In August, I can strive to achieve more words written. I also need to figure out what time of day is better for writing. This morning, I am fighting to stay awake while I compose this entry.  I may have to consider changing the time of day I make this journal entry so that I can remain awake while writing and posting.

In July 2010, I sometimes had difficulty finding writing themes and subjects. In August, I will check my daily inspirations document for writing ideas. This will help on those days that I have difficulty coming up with ideas. Sometimes the problem is interruptions and rather then lack of ideas, when interrupted in the middle of a journal entry or story I forget what I wanted to write next.

I am not sure how to deal with the interruptions. One possible solution is to schedule my writing time to early morning or late evening. I encounter most of the interruptions between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, therefore, I could schedule my writing time 4:00 to 8:00 AM and 5:00 to 9:00 PM.

Writing Interruptions

Jalál (Glory), 1 Mashiyyat (Will), 165 B.E. – Saturday, September 27, 2008 about 7:02 AM Pacific Time

I begin a new 19-day period of writing goals. I've rearranged my goals so that those with deadlines or income potential are the first on my list. This morning I partictulary noticed the interruptions that occur when I'm working on a writing project.

There are two ways of viewing an interruption. A writer can view the interruption as a roadblock, as a sign that he/she needs to give up the project completely. The other view of an interruption is as an indication that one needs to take a rest and back off from the project for a few minutes.

The second view of an interruption lets the writer save the present work, take care of the interruption and return to the project. Usually interruptions occur at critical moments in the poem or story and derail or stop the writer's train of thought. The individual can ignore some interruptions, like telephones ringing. This is the reason someone invented answering machine, let the machine pick it up. If the person leaving the message has a critical issue then answer the phone, with no explanation as to why you let the answering machine take part of the message.

If the writer views the interrupt as a rest stop rather then a roadblock the writer come back to the project is refreshed. What was causing problems before the interruption is solved and the writing takes on a new freshness.