Organizing for Home Writing as for the Library
I realize, now that our Internet connections are working again, and I can write at home that I need to organize here as I did for writing at the library the other day.
How do I organize? Image: sxc.hu
I knew then I had only an hour, two at the most, to check e-mail, check Facebook resources (yes, Facebook can be used for exchange of links among writing colleagues), and post on four blogs so I wouldn’t miss deadlines.
I got all of it done and more in two hours because I’d organized beforehand and knew exactly what I wanted to post about. Here at home, when I think I have more time, I find myself not nearly so well organized and thus waste time…or do laundry, get meals, etc.
So…I need to…
- Set a limit to e-mail and Facebook
- Know exactly what I want to post about with outlines jotted down.
- Give myself a time limit as I did for the library, thinking at first that I had only one hour. However, when no one else wanted my computer, the librarian said I had at least another hour.
- Organize and know before I sit down at the computer know exactly what I want to post about. I either have the posts pre-written or have notes jotted down on paper that will direct me.
- Keep home distractions at a minimum.
Thus I should be organized, as I was for the library, so every minute is productively utilized.
However, this doesn’t eliminate squeezing in writing time between the household tasks, as I’m doing right now. Trying to make every minute count!