Productivity Takes Many Forms

A friend called today and said she had done some writing this week but felt guilty because she had time and felt she should have done more than she did.

I think any writing you can get in given the schedules most of us keep and the speed with which time sails by, is good.

I have felt her guilt because I too have remained stagnate on the writing front for most of this week. Then I stopped myself and said, "What are you beating yourself up for? You were still productive." What I did was still writing related, even if it didn't advance my page count anywhere past the 108 mark.

As mentioned in a previous post, I got a new writing program and converted my material to this program. It was tedious and time consuming but necessary. And it will be more beneficial in the long run. Then, as I was about to get back into the swing of things, I decided to create character sheets for each main character of my stories. Since the first book is part of a series, I needed to remember particular characteristics and histories for people who will appear in the next few books.

Again, this was writing related and most necessary for the future, and sanity, of my novels. So, where I didn't make progress with the book, I did make great leaps in the organizing and housekeeping for my stories. I would say this counts 100%.

I truly believe it's a miracle these days when we as women have so many tasks to take care of on a daily basis, that we can write at all.

Case in point: Today, Saturday, I went to work before 8am, did my 8 hours, went to the store to get the provisions for my son's birthday party tomorrow, pressure washed my patio and sidewalks, made miniature food for my son and his friend (who's sleeping over for the night), Got the party stuff together, wrapped presents, wrote this blog, and did some more character sheets.

Whew! I just made myself very tired. Just for contrast: my husband took our son to look at bikes at a couple of stores and announced that HE needed a nap. Amazing!

So more power to you my writer friends and remember that any word that makes it to the page is considered something productive in my book.

Pages to date: 108

Rejections:6

Queries Still Out: 10

Request for More: 1

Songs of the day:Michael Jackson: Earth Song

Michael Buble: Sway

Michael Franti&Spearhead: Hey

Yes, today was for the Michael's:)