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Hi there! Since this is a website basically based on the concept of creative writing, I've decided to ask for your two cents on a matter closely connected. It's really simple, really: I want to write a book, a novel, really.
I hope this doesn't come off as too cocky, but I do realise that it's not an easy feat and I am fully aware of the efforts and the amount of research it takes to write one. I also have a concept and a story I want to tell. I just want to be precise and say I am not planning on writing a best-seller or even publishing it at all, it is more the case, that I almost physically need to tell the story I have in mind. In other words, I am doing the writing for the sake of myself, not for the sake of anything or anyone else.
What I lack is... well, the title says it - discipline. Practically I could start writing right now and I could finish a chapter. But it's so much easier to just turn on a game, talk to someone on skype, read a book etc. etc. etc. In the age of information the distractions are endless and since I write on my laptop, I am constantly exposed. It has often happened to me, that I doze off into mindless scrolling despite being on a promising, exciting chapter in my story. So, I guess at least some of you are doing writing apart from roleplaying here, I'd like some advice on how do you cope with such issues.
Thanks!
I hope this doesn't come off as too cocky, but I do realise that it's not an easy feat and I am fully aware of the efforts and the amount of research it takes to write one. I also have a concept and a story I want to tell. I just want to be precise and say I am not planning on writing a best-seller or even publishing it at all, it is more the case, that I almost physically need to tell the story I have in mind. In other words, I am doing the writing for the sake of myself, not for the sake of anything or anyone else.
What I lack is... well, the title says it - discipline. Practically I could start writing right now and I could finish a chapter. But it's so much easier to just turn on a game, talk to someone on skype, read a book etc. etc. etc. In the age of information the distractions are endless and since I write on my laptop, I am constantly exposed. It has often happened to me, that I doze off into mindless scrolling despite being on a promising, exciting chapter in my story. So, I guess at least some of you are doing writing apart from roleplaying here, I'd like some advice on how do you cope with such issues.
Thanks!