Diary of a writing project. Day 191: When the pressure is off

Working under pressure is a great productivity trigger for me.

One of the reason I like live stream write-in is the count down, the sprint against the clock, against/with other writers.

But I can’t work under pressure for too long.

I get discouraged if I can’t be as productive as I was the day before, I get angry if I can’t write as much as I wanted to.

These days, I’m discovering that when in recommended confinement, keeping my cheers up and be productive, let alone positive, is challenging.

Taking the pressure off is beneficial. And may this time around, it’s having surprising effect on the word count.

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Diary of a writing project. Day 186: Writing from home with kids

Right on time.

Kiddo woke up two minutes after me this morning. At 4:30 am.

My first thought was : « see you never, peaceful morning writing session ».

My second thought was for the remaining 30 days of quarantine the whole province still has to go through.

As for my third thought, it went something like: « or you figure this out, or you will never-ever finish that book ».

Soooo… writing from home because you can’t physically go anywhere else with young kiddo: a pandemic How-To.

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