Dear Readers,
You probably didn't know I have a Facebook page. I do -- and not only that, I have a Twitter and an Instagram account. I'm trying to up my social media game in case I self-publish, and even if I don't, so I can promote my work (which is hard for me to do).
Feel free to add me:
Twitter: lleachsteffens
Instagram: laurenleachsteffens
Find my page on facebook: @laurenleachsteffens
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Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Friday, April 28, 2017
OMG Motivation
I've just finished with my spring semester grading and -- I'm having trouble motivating on my editing.
I start a chapter of one of the books, and so many things seem much more interesting -- Facebook. Instagram. My blog -- oh, wait. I'm in my blog, aren't I?
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Oh, sorry. I just checked Facebook again. Nothing happened. Isn't that always the case?
Why do people procrastinate? Sometimes they're afraid they're not up to the challenge. Sometimes they have very low attention spans. Sometimes they're bored -- ding ding ding!
Editing isn't sexy like writing is. In writing, I meet (and fall in love with) my characters, they talk to me, their actions and beliefs and feelings flesh out the direction of my outlined plot, I get to know them. I create a world that's more diverse (but perhaps no more tolerant) as the one I grew up in, one where a dying elderly woman can fall in love with a faun.
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I've checked Instagram twice and Facebook once. Just saying.
How to do a boring task like editing and do it well? Break it up into little pieces. Start it and promise yourself you'll quit if you haven't warmed up to it in ten minutes. PUT AWAY THE iPHONE.
Or maybe I just need a break. Where's my iPhone?
I start a chapter of one of the books, and so many things seem much more interesting -- Facebook. Instagram. My blog -- oh, wait. I'm in my blog, aren't I?
.
.
.
Oh, sorry. I just checked Facebook again. Nothing happened. Isn't that always the case?
Why do people procrastinate? Sometimes they're afraid they're not up to the challenge. Sometimes they have very low attention spans. Sometimes they're bored -- ding ding ding!
Editing isn't sexy like writing is. In writing, I meet (and fall in love with) my characters, they talk to me, their actions and beliefs and feelings flesh out the direction of my outlined plot, I get to know them. I create a world that's more diverse (but perhaps no more tolerant) as the one I grew up in, one where a dying elderly woman can fall in love with a faun.
.
.
.
I've checked Instagram twice and Facebook once. Just saying.
How to do a boring task like editing and do it well? Break it up into little pieces. Start it and promise yourself you'll quit if you haven't warmed up to it in ten minutes. PUT AWAY THE iPHONE.
Or maybe I just need a break. Where's my iPhone?
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