tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139108380465924768.post5221349276427156207..comments2024-03-27T04:34:22.607-04:00Comments on Jade Varden Official Blog: Writing 101: Can You Schedule Creativity?Jade Vardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10684439238295775063noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139108380465924768.post-63798299222144482702013-09-18T17:09:24.800-04:002013-09-18T17:09:24.800-04:00Thanks for your comments! I have the same problem ...Thanks for your comments! I have the same problem as you, Ali. I get distracted so easily, I'll spend an hour looking up mundane information on Wikipedia when I should be editing. The notepads are a good idea! I'm permanently attached to my phone because I like to use it to keep my notes. Jade Vardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10684439238295775063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139108380465924768.post-3083592738057081172013-09-18T16:22:49.135-04:002013-09-18T16:22:49.135-04:00I have this terrible thing where I drive my husban...I have this terrible thing where I drive my husband insane because I have a notepad in every room, post-it pads everywhere--including every pocket of his and my own car. I carry them because in the middle of the grocery store, a conversation with the waitress, walking on the boardwalk or at a movie theater--I could be struck with dialogue, plot or setting. I know that inspiration is like a sunset. If you wait even a few minutes it will change or be gone. <br /><br />I generally write when I sit down to write. My problem is not the creative part but the fact that I get lost in the internet. I sit down to look at my email and that leads to Facebook which leads to CNN and that to blah, blah, blah. I need a coach. Someone who can sit on my shoulder and tell me to get my crap together and work. I'm 40 and need my mom. Ali Creanhttp://alicrean.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139108380465924768.post-41091773869364056262013-09-18T15:55:12.754-04:002013-09-18T15:55:12.754-04:00Jade, I agree completely! Since I finished my past...Jade, I agree completely! Since I finished my past book I have been dragging myself to my PC most days (in between being a mum, doing my day job, exercise, housework, Twitter etc etc) and have been struggling, even though I think I have some pretty good ideas. Time and space are two things I have so little of, but need so badly - free time is definitely the key to creative success!!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12645203950206910915noreply@blogger.com