Comments on: Writers – Let Yourself Get Distracted!

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By: Eden

Eden — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:25:33 +0000

Exactly! I don’t want something I love doing to turn into a chore, and at times, that happens. So I find other things to do. I’m lucky enough to have deadlines that I (sort of) set myself and I can work from home. So if I do get off track for a day, it’s much easier to remedy than if I worked a ‘regular’ job in an office..

And yeah, I love that site. Had no clue it existed ’til a couple weeks ago!!

=) Eden

By: Eden

Eden — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:24:10 +0000

Oh, I have to check out the people of Wal-Mart site now!!! More to distract myself with

I agree that we have to keep our goals in mind or else we’ll all end up like I did yesterday—realizing our crops are wilted in FarmVille and spending entirely too much time doing Nothing.. I wrote not a word…. So, yeah, it’s definitely possible to get too distracted!! But today’s a new day and I’ll make up for yesterday =)

Thanks for reading!
-Eden*

By: Chirstopher Jackson

Chirstopher Jackson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:51:04 +0000

Great post Eden, it is true that we writers can get very hard on ourselves when we don’t adhere to our writing, or get distracted too easily. But perhaps if we beat ourselves up too much it will turn the writing process into more of a chore than it should be.

Besides, Awkward Family Photos is one of the funniest sites on the Internet… love it!

By: ChristopherR2D2

ChristopherR2D2 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:43:43 +0000

Nice post, Eden!

I agree that writers should allow themselves to get distracted now and again – in fact, because the distractions you mention are a form of observation of the human state (if you’re looking for a depressing vantage, check out http://peopleofwalmart.com), it’s kind of what writing is all about.

There are certain aspects of Facebook and other networking sites that stray into the ridiculous – FarmVille, – but I think there’s also an extremely advantage window into people’s lives for the writer. We can peek into people’s backgrounds, see what’s bothering them, see what they do for fun, for a living, and so on.

I’d venture to say social media as a whole is actually a great resource for writers interested in building characters; there are millions of real character profiles out there just waiting to be viewed!

Just remember what you’re goals are while online (find an interesting profession, point of view, real life problem) – maybe creating a list would help you stay somewhat focused while letting yourself get distracted.