by Jason Joyner | Nov 16, 2011 | Blog, blogging, horsing around, writing
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Full disclosure – I’ve never actually fallen off a horse. Not a literal horse. I’m talking about the figurative horse. Of course.
Anyhoo.
Last week the best laid blogging and writing plans were up-ended by crises. Yes, multiple. The different situations are still working themselves out, but some of the consequences are trying to get back to everything.
I’m working on getting regular blog content in here, and missing a week was not in my best-laid plans. Also, I was building up some momentum in my WIP, and it’s thrown me just a little (not as bad as this cowboy though!).
What’s a writer to do?
Get back in the saddle, of course. It is easier for some to pick up where they left off and keep moving. Others have to ease back in. I’ve always struggled with getting back into it if I lose momentum. I lost the last idea I had for a blog post. So as a good writer should, I’m turning THAT into something to write about.
I bet the guy in the picture above sure got on another horse (maybe not that one, but still…). It shouldn’t stop us either. I had a good excuse from last week, but last week is gone, and I can’t use it as an excuse any more. What will get me back in the saddle?
Doing my routine. Get out the cell phone, set the time, and get writing. That turns off the internal editor, and the rules are “NO internet” during this time. It gets me 300-500 words in a 20 minute shot, and that’s more than I’ll get if I putz around, or sit in the dirt feeling sorry for myself.
Besides, if I stay in the dirt, that darn animal might come back for another crack at me.
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What say you? What has thrown you from your game before, and how do you get back up?
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by Jason Joyner | Nov 16, 2011 | Blog, blogging, horsing around, writing
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| “Heading” in the right direction? |
Full disclosure – I’ve never actually fallen off a horse. Not a literal horse. I’m talking about the figurative horse. Of course.
Anyhoo.
Last week the best laid blogging and writing plans were up-ended by crises. Yes, multiple. The different situations are still working themselves out, but some of the consequences are trying to get back to everything.
I’m working on getting regular blog content in here, and missing a week was not in my best-laid plans. Also, I was building up some momentum in my WIP, and it’s thrown me just a little (not as bad as this cowboy though!).
What’s a writer to do?
Get back in the saddle, of course. It is easier for some to pick up where they left off and keep moving. Others have to ease back in. I’ve always struggled with getting back into it if I lose momentum. I lost the last idea I had for a blog post. So as a good writer should, I’m turning THAT into something to write about.
I bet the guy in the picture above sure got on another horse (maybe not that one, but still…). It shouldn’t stop us either. I had a good excuse from last week, but last week is gone, and I can’t use it as an excuse any more. What will get me back in the saddle?
Doing my routine. Get out the cell phone, set the time, and get writing. That turns off the internal editor, and the rules are “NO internet” during this time. It gets me 300-500 words in a 20 minute shot, and that’s more than I’ll get if I putz around, or sit in the dirt feeling sorry for myself.
Besides, if I stay in the dirt, that darn animal might come back for another crack at me.
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What say you? What has thrown you from your game before, and how do you get back up?
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by Jason Joyner | Aug 5, 2011 | Blog, blogging, priorities, take away his quotation key, writing craft
After a hectic week of family and vacation, here I am again.
*crickets*
In my deeply missed absence (snicker), I have been considering some priorities and some problems that go with this.
I am trying to become a writer. Some would say I am a writer, as I have maintained this blog on a fairly regular schedule for five years now. I am not sure about the designation, but maybe I’ll get there someday.
I’m also working a full-time job, trying to take care of my wife and four kids, and be a leader at church. In addition, I am also coaching soccer, keeping the house from being overrun by weeds, and avoiding stepping on two cats.
It leaves precious little time to write, and I struggle with the balance, as I know a gazillion other people out there do (I’m not trying to complain to gain sympathy, it’s just the facts, ma’am.)
I wonder sometimes if I should take the time I use in writing this blog and put it toward my main project. On the other hand, the writing gurus out there recommend having a “brand” or “platform” to help you get published. So if I abandon the blog, what happens to my platform, such as it is?
So in the irony of the internet age, I am writing a blog post to ask if it is better to divide time and continue blogging, or should I back off here to put more time into “productive” writing? I would also “ask” if I use “quotations” “excessively,” but I suspect I know “the” answer to that one.
Any thoughts, internet peeps? To blog or not to blog, that is the question?
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by Jason Joyner | Aug 5, 2011 | Blog, blogging, priorities, take away his quotation key, writing craft
After a hectic week of family and vacation, here I am again.
*crickets*
In my deeply missed absence (snicker), I have been considering some priorities and some problems that go with this.
I am trying to become a writer. Some would say I am a writer, as I have maintained this blog on a fairly regular schedule for five years now. I am not sure about the designation, but maybe I’ll get there someday.
I’m also working a full-time job, trying to take care of my wife and four kids, and be a leader at church. In addition, I am also coaching soccer, keeping the house from being overrun by weeds, and avoiding stepping on two cats.
It leaves precious little time to write, and I struggle with the balance, as I know a gazillion other people out there do (I’m not trying to complain to gain sympathy, it’s just the facts, ma’am.)
I wonder sometimes if I should take the time I use in writing this blog and put it toward my main project. On the other hand, the writing gurus out there recommend having a “brand” or “platform” to help you get published. So if I abandon the blog, what happens to my platform, such as it is?
So in the irony of the internet age, I am writing a blog post to ask if it is better to divide time and continue blogging, or should I back off here to put more time into “productive” writing? I would also “ask” if I use “quotations” “excessively,” but I suspect I know “the” answer to that one.
Any thoughts, internet peeps? To blog or not to blog, that is the question?
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by Jason Joyner | Sep 10, 2009 | Blog, blogging
Yes, there has been a Jason sighting. I have been awfully busy at work and home, and I haven’t had a lot of inspiration for posting lately, except for the occasional book review. I’ve read a couple of really good books lately though, and I’ll be talking about them very soon. Plus, the official holiday of Spoiled for the Ordinary is coming up – stay tuned for some special reports shortly.
My friend had a saying: Real Life Interferes (TM). Too true.
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by Jason Joyner | Sep 10, 2009 | Blog, blogging
Yes, there has been a Jason sighting. I have been awfully busy at work and home, and I haven’t had a lot of inspiration for posting lately, except for the occasional book review. I’ve read a couple of really good books lately though, and I’ll be talking about them very soon. Plus, the official holiday of Spoiled for the Ordinary is coming up – stay tuned for some special reports shortly.
My friend had a saying: Real Life Interferes (TM). Too true.
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