1. Get out previous drafts, note, freewrites, glyphs.
2. Peruse them.
3. Procrastinate in any number of ways, to wit:
- go buy the scarf that you foolishly didn't buy yesterday because you were feeling sweaty
- wash the sheets
- load the dishwasher
- start reading a book that you recently bought
- download the songs you realized last night that you (a) did not have and (b) needed
- download various free song samplers from Amazon
- recharge and sync iPods to take account of newly downloaded &c.
- eat a cookie
- eat another cookie
- walk the dog
- eat lunch
- inspect the roses and admire the creeping phlox, which is blooming.
4. (optional) take a nap.
5. Re-peruse the materials in 1 above.
6. Check your e-mail, check your blog, check the Huffington Post, check the Fug Girls.
7. Repeat 3, 5, and 6 as necessary.
8. Write the new draft.
In other news, this morning at 6:48 a.m. I let the cat out. At 7:15 a.m., I let her back in, not noticing that she was carrying with her a dead mouse. New method: check cat's mouth in case of vermin transport.
that is basically the way I am going about writing my dreaded paper for classical rhetoric class. it seems to be going well.
ReplyDeleteThat's my method for just about everything, except I think I forget to actually write/rewrite the damn thing. I'll have to work on that.
ReplyDeleteThe long-simmering method. I like it. I think I've been skipping steps 4-12 so no wonder I've got nothing new. This book of yours is going to be done soon--and the bonus? You'll end up with some lovely scarves!
ReplyDeleteOh Lord. You are just too funny. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteI am always not buying things and then having to retrace steps to far-off Targets because I am obsessed with the item that got away.
Cookies and optional naps and music downloads and dog walks and reviewing and writing and internet time? oohhh, how do I get a sabbatical?
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