Space . . . the Writing Frontier
Over the past couple of weeks, I really had a tough time with my writing. In fact, it was so tough that I didn't even submit anything to my critique group. That's when I knew it was bad! As some of you know, I'm not much for sitting here wringing my hands and whining about it. I simply had to figure out how to deal with the frustration I was feeling, and how to overcome that frustration. I turned to the one method that usually works for me - I journaled about it. During my Morning Pages, I explored the why and how and what, and learned that I was feeling distracted about my writing. I simply couldn't focus. I'm easily distracted by shiny things. Like the opera length pearls that I promised myself for winning NaNo. I never have ordered those. Should I order them, or should I shop for them? And did I tell you that I think we're going to redo the bathroom? I was thinking a marine theme, but then I saw these really cool bathroom accessories - very blingy. And that would be oh, so, pampering!
See what I mean? :o)
That's exactly what was happening when I sat down to write. My desk sat facing a small television. Televisions have some weird pull on me. When I walk into a room, I have to turn the TV on. To the right of my desk was my Cricut. That things human-magnetic, I think. My problem was quite literally right in front of my eyes. I was distracted by tv and my scrapbooking hobby. Saturday, I decided to tackle the problem and fix it. I rearranged my scrap room so that it is now more of a home office. My desk now faces a window which looks out on our shop and, if I really look hard, the lagoon. Kind of tough to be distracted by that. The TV is no longer in my line of sight, but my writing books are. And all of my scrapbooking stuff is on the opposite wall. I even created an "island" of storage cubes to define and divide the space. Then I decorated my desk with the coaster Lynn gave me ("Some people dream of success, others accomplish it") and with the Paris box from Kaitlyn Rice, added a couple of candles and a small meditation fountain. My space is now a writer's space, and I have already written more in the past few days than I have in the past few weeks.
Are you having trouble writing? Is motivation an issue? If so, take a look at the physical space. Is it inspiring or distracting? Change it up. Rearrange. Decorate. Do whatever it takes to make that space speak to the writer within you.
Elle
See what I mean? :o)
That's exactly what was happening when I sat down to write. My desk sat facing a small television. Televisions have some weird pull on me. When I walk into a room, I have to turn the TV on. To the right of my desk was my Cricut. That things human-magnetic, I think. My problem was quite literally right in front of my eyes. I was distracted by tv and my scrapbooking hobby. Saturday, I decided to tackle the problem and fix it. I rearranged my scrap room so that it is now more of a home office. My desk now faces a window which looks out on our shop and, if I really look hard, the lagoon. Kind of tough to be distracted by that. The TV is no longer in my line of sight, but my writing books are. And all of my scrapbooking stuff is on the opposite wall. I even created an "island" of storage cubes to define and divide the space. Then I decorated my desk with the coaster Lynn gave me ("Some people dream of success, others accomplish it") and with the Paris box from Kaitlyn Rice, added a couple of candles and a small meditation fountain. My space is now a writer's space, and I have already written more in the past few days than I have in the past few weeks.
Are you having trouble writing? Is motivation an issue? If so, take a look at the physical space. Is it inspiring or distracting? Change it up. Rearrange. Decorate. Do whatever it takes to make that space speak to the writer within you.
Elle
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