focus

[pantryslut]

I can't focus on writing this week. Neither the fiction I'd like to be working on nor the nonfiction I'm supposed to be working on. I am actively, purposely procrastinating -- I recognize it.

I hate being a procrastinator. I tend (I think) to be fairly low drama in Real Life, but that all falls away when it comes to writing and deadlines. There, it is always fraught and difficult, when it's not exhilaratingly, manically easy. Which is very, very rare.

You would think by now, after how many years of freelancing, I would have learned how to work at a smooth, even, professional pace. But no.

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[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

If you ever learn the secret, let me know. I've worked freelance for 15 years and I either have the flow down so pat I can't believe I ever stumble, or else I stumble so badly I'm amazed I ever knew how to do the work properly. Am currently emerging from b) and hoping for a).