How do you procrastinate?

[Angblanco]

Lately, meaning last several months, I devote entirely too much time to many writer forums. Gotta break the habit and get more writing done.

[manfred von]

Originally Posted by Angblanco

Lately, meaning last several months, I devote entirely too much time to many writer forums. Gotta break the habit and get more writing done.

umm hmmm--[see #9]
List of reasons not to finish a project:
1. Fear;
2. Time;
3. Ignorance;
4. Imagination;
5. Hung up in the underbrush;
6. Lazy;
7. Distracted;
8. Uninspired;
9. Lurking in writers’ forums;
10. No formatting software;
11. O/S crashed;
12. Forgot where I put my research;
13. What I’ve written is too short;
14. What I’ve written is too long;
15. I’ve lost interest;
16. I don’t have a beginning;
17. I don’t have a middle;
18. I don’t have an ending;
19. My windows need washing;
20. I have another, more interesting project;
21. Job;
22. Spouse;
23. Kids;
24. Despair;
25. Family doesn’t understand;
26. Dyslexia;
27. ADD;
28. No one to objectively critique work;
29. Completely hung up in the minutiae of esoterica about screenwriting.
30. Overwhelmed by self-appraisal;

[Geoffrey]

I go check out the same posts on screenwritinggoldmine.com which were there the last time

Seriously, I like to take a walk in the park with my mp3 player and a good episode of Coast to Coast AM (otherworldly talk show). I'm away from any distraction.

To be honest, at that moment at the keyboard, I'd type what I want to get on the paper, no matter how boring it sounds.

[artur]

My problem is not that I procrastinate, but I am the type of person who has way too much going on in my life.

I like screenwriting, piano, sim flying, personal web projects and I keep going on and off from one hobby to another.

When my inspiration hits on the screenwriting mode, I do and think about it 100% of the time. Then suddenly I switch to piano and same thing.

This is really annoying, but I tend to burnout from overdoing something and then I switch to another thing.

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Originally Posted by artur

My problem is not that I procrastinate, but I am the type of person who has way too much going on in my life.

I like screenwriting, piano, sim flying, personal web projects and I keep going on and off from one hobby to another.

When my inspiration hits on the screenwriting mode, I do and think about it 100% of the time. Then suddenly I switch to piano and same thing.

This is really annoying, but I tend to burnout from overdoing something and then I switch to another thing.

I think that falls under number 20.

[artur]

Originally Posted by ...

I think that falls under number 20.

Sure does, didn't read the list until now

[Arekusandaa]

I remember something a friend of mine put together in high school. There is a black and white photograph of an academic seminar room, with a table lined with empty chairs. Underneath the caption reads: Procrastination Society.

[supermanorigins]

Usually listen to some music.