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Embracing Limits to Get The Writing Done
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| | Lately I’ve been emptying my inbox with one-click: archive.
If I haven’t read it by the end of the day, it’s out, filed, out of my view.
Except for the emails that are high priority and I try to keep that list to no more than 20. Really, who needs a to-do list longer than that? (Even that is too much.)
I just can’t get it all done, no matter how much I want to or think I have the energy for.
It’s impossible and I no longer have the energy for it.
I’m as driven as ever but my energy flags sooner and I can’t pull long days on little sleep like I used to. (Aging, grrr.)
I also need to not wear out my arms. My repetitive stress injury threatens to return each time I work too much or play games on my phone for too long because I need to de-stress.
So what’s the answer?
Anything that isn’t top priority goes into Archives, a box, storage, the recycling bin etc.
What’s top priority?
- My health – (get more sleep, Beth!) including exercise
- My creativity – working on my edits and doing research for the next round of edits
- My “nothing” time – where I noodle, wander, meander, relax with dear friends where nothing has to be said if we don’t want it to
- My heart – lots of hugs with Ezra and lots of cuddles with the cats
Like you, I’m a busy creative, ideas are popping all the time.
I have to say “No for now” to most of them too. But first I say “Yes, thank you, you’ll go on the list” and put them into Evernote (if they’re random) or into the appropriate Scrivener file (for works-in-progress), or into the Notes app when I can’t reach the other two programs, or it’s the easiest place to write a note.
What is top priority for you?
How can you clear your mind, your desk, your living space, so you can focus on it?
Hit reply. I’d love to hear your list.
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And if your priority is getting some support on writing your novel, then check out our summer sale happening now at Barany School of Fiction.
Here’s the details:
I’m excited to announce our once-a-year sale.
Everything, including the bundles, is 50% off at Barany School of Fiction during July 2018.
We specialize in Home study/self-paced courses for fiction writers, with a focus on writing the genre novel.
Every course is 50% off now through July 31, 2018, 11:55pm Pacific.
At check out, use this coupon: SUMMER2018SALE
If you’re new to our list, or even if you’re not, you may not know that we have courses for just about every stage of writing, editing, and publishing your novel. Marketing and branding too!
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| | Here's to your creativity! Happy writing!
Have a fabulous week!
Best,
PS. I'm still looking for a Project Manager who can do a work trade for a creative entrepreneur. More here:
PPS. Here are more words of encouragement to stay the course as a writer and do it your own way: "Staying Persistent on the Tumultuous Road to Publication" a keynote speech by friend and fellow writing teacher and coach, Jordan Rosenfeld:
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| ABOUT BETH BARANY
Beth Barany is creativity coach for writers, a teacher, workshop facilitator, and speaker, who helps fiction writers experience clarity, so that they can write and polish their novels, and proudly publish them to the delight of their readers.
Owner of the Barany School of Fiction, an online training hub, Beth takes great interest in how humans learn, create, and grow, and includes all her students’ life experiences, including the ancestors, into the moment.
She's also a novelist and writes magical tales of romance, adventure, and mystery to empower women and girls to be the heroes in their own lives.
Check out her Henrietta series here (YA Fantasy) and her Touchstone series here (Fantasy/Paranormal Romance).
Support her mission to empower women and girls with her fiction on Patreon here.
Read her latest book for writers, Twitter for Authors, here.
beth@bethbarany.com
Barany School of Fiction
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Photo Credit: by c. 2018 Ezra Barany
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