140 character distractions
November 4th 2009 21:09
I wrote just over 3,000 words and crossed the 10k mark today. Yay!
The first 2,000 words were easy. Then I started up Seesmic and checked my Twitter stream. Bad move. I don't spend much time on the NaNoWriMo forum because I could easily write several thousand words in forum posts a day (now here's an idea: I could become a NaNo rebel next year and write 50,000 words in the forums ... ) and don't make much progress with the novel in return. I know the forum is a major distraction, that's why I avoid it. I think I have to apply the same treatment to Twitter. It appears to be harmless because a tweet is so short. But then I don't just follow one person, but 50, and some of them tweet quite a lot. Then I check a few searches, and before I know it I've wasted an hour. Yeah, no more tweeting for me before I've hit my goal for the day.
The first 2,000 words were easy. Then I started up Seesmic and checked my Twitter stream. Bad move. I don't spend much time on the NaNoWriMo forum because I could easily write several thousand words in forum posts a day (now here's an idea: I could become a NaNo rebel next year and write 50,000 words in the forums ... ) and don't make much progress with the novel in return. I know the forum is a major distraction, that's why I avoid it. I think I have to apply the same treatment to Twitter. It appears to be harmless because a tweet is so short. But then I don't just follow one person, but 50, and some of them tweet quite a lot. Then I check a few searches, and before I know it I've wasted an hour. Yeah, no more tweeting for me before I've hit my goal for the day.
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