I love the internet! I love all the information that is so easily accessible. I love that it no longer matters where a writer is located in order to find a publisher or agent. And I especially love making new connections and discovering new writers/new books. Yes, I love social media, too.
But it seems that there are more and more distractions that can steal my precious writing time. Here’s my list of the top ten things that distract me from writing:
- Facebook (not the writing-related pages but the updates…the games…you know what I mean)
- Email (why do I feel the urge to check it so often?)
- Surfing (one Google search leads to another and soon an hour has gone by)
- Phone calls (working at home definitely means screening calls)
- Having a full-time job (obviously making a living has to take priority over writing)
- TV (do I really need to watch most of the dumb stuff on the tube?)
- Researching (from markets to freelance jobs to info. for my next book, this can really eat up a lot of time)
- Cooking/cleaning/laundry (if only I could afford a maid LOL)
- Reading (but I do feel that this distraction is necessary for all writers)
- Too many projects at once (I get a lot more done if I focus on one thing at a time)
What’s your biggest distraction that keeps you from writing?
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