So, now that you understand what a boundary is, we can forge forward and investigate the different ways to not only find time for ourselves to write, but also learn how to discipline ourselves to write. The following suggestions were pulled from the internet about the different ways to discipline yourself into and about writing:
50 Strategies For Making Yourself Work . . .
© Jerry Oltion 2001
The following are just some of the suggestions for disciplining yourself to write. The remainder (and their in-depth explanation regarding same) may be viewed in the actual article: http://www.sfwa.org/2005/01/50-strategies-for-making-yourself-work/
Now that we know what boundaries are (see page 1 of this presentation), you, yourself, could probably come up with your own additional thoughts, truly, about some further suggestions. The best part of that would be that at the very least, you would be writing. Right? So, have fun and get started, will you?
First and foremost is the notion that you should:
Set a quota of pages written per day. Make this realistic. The object isn’t to prove anything to anybody, but to give yourself a reasonable goal to shoot for, one you’ll actually be able to hit every day. If you go over it, that’s cool, but all you have to do each day is hit the quota. The catch: Extra pages don’t count toward the next day’s quota. Following are ten of the remaining 49 suggestions by Jerry Oltion, 2001, in his article specified above.
4. Have someone else pay you for writing. Use the coin of whaterver realm you happen to be in: somone else cooks dinner when you finish a story, or a friend buys you a cookie, or your significant other does that kinky thing with the chocolate.
5. Write to music. Put two or three CDs in the player and stay at the keyboard until they're done. Crank it up. Boogie a little. That's not just background noise, that's the sound of you working.
6. Lighten up on yourself. Give yourself the freedom to write when the urge strikes. and not write when you don't feel like it. That's one of the attractive things about the popular connection of the writing life. right? So, enjoy it.
7. Hide your wristwatch in a drawer. (Meaning reduce your dependence on the clock. Let your inner circadian rhythms tell you when it's time to write and when it's not.
8. Set a timer. for a short period of time (15 minutes or so) and stay at the keyboard no matter what - until it dings, Repeat this exercise.
9. Schedule your day's activities - and schedule writing hours first
10. Form a support/nagging network of other writers.
NOW THINK OF SOME OF YOUR OWN DISCIPLINES.
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