9 Good Writing Excuses

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Dear Novel,

Yes, I know I have 60,000 words of you written already. I have a scene outline. I even know your ending (and I still respect you). Yet I haven’t sat down with you in days, haven’t added a word to you or done even a little tweak here or there.

Here is what I’ve been doing instead. You can see it’s all really important, so you won’t feel neglected.

  1. I helped my husband find his keys. I can’t have him wandering around tearing up the house looking for them any longer.
  2. I did laundry. Writing naked is overrated. Besides, it’s COLD.
  3. I organized my knitting supplies. Stepping on one of those stitch markers could be painful.
  4. I checked my facebook page. What if a publisher is desperately trying to find me?
  5. Made coffee. That one is obvious.
  6. We helped the guinea pig get un-impacted. You really don’t want to know about that one.
  7. I watched Battlestar Gallactica. (It’s inspiration, okay!)
  8. I cooked dinner
  9. I wrote a blog entry.

O.K. so maybe I’ve been procrastinating just a little bit. I promise to do better.

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