The December prompt saw a lot of wonderful entries! Choosing a winner was no easy task, but Sonia prevailed with a beautiful and heart-wrenching tale.
Judge Nick Wilford said:
"A beautiful evocation of loss. This was really touching."
If you haven't yet read the previous post listing our winners, please do so.
Now it is our pleasure to host a guest post from our winner Sonia. In addition to this guest post, she also won a critique from J.L. Campbell and a guest post in the IWSG newsletter.
Have you as a writer ever struggled with procrastination? Sonia has some useful tips to help you avoid it and get words on the page.
If you haven't yet read the previous post listing our winners, please do so.
Now it is our pleasure to host a guest post from our winner Sonia. In addition to this guest post, she also won a critique from J.L. Campbell and a guest post in the IWSG newsletter.
Have you as a writer ever struggled with procrastination? Sonia has some useful tips to help you avoid it and get words on the page.
The Art of
Not Procrastinating
Finally, I am at my desk doing the WEP Post. It’s taken me some time
with the New Year and all the travelling. But more than that, I think
procrastinating has been my biggest enemy when it comes to writing. The
temptation to write on another day, when the sun is out and the bees make
enough honey or when God himself decides to send the right signal, is so strong
that today just doesn’t seem enough! So, I decided to talk about the art of
“not procrastinating” when it comes to writing.
The famous Indian saint and mystic poet, Kabir Das says in his
oft-quoted couplet,
‘ काल करे सो आज कर, आज करे सो अब
पल में परलय होएगी बहुरि करेगा कब !’
Simply translated, what you intend to do tomorrow, do it today and what
you intend doing today, do it right away because the world might end in the
blink of an eye leaving you with no time at all!
On the flip side, I am also someone who believes in writing ONLY when my
heart calls and when words flow ceaselessly. Yet, sometimes, this belief can turn
out to be the most incredible impediment.
The ‘Art of Not Procrastinating’, I think, can help
writers a great deal. Here are a few pointers I made for myself and which might
help my writer friends:
Have a personal almanac Assign yourself a task for every
single date on the calendar. The same piece may spill over to another date but
just be clear about what you want to write about on a particular day.
Smaller Goals Just ensure
to spend fifteen minutes writing. Do not think that you shall sit at the table
only when you have enough. Fifteen minutes should help you start.
Perfection is a Myth
We often postpone work because we want to do it near perfect. On the
contrary, remember that action is far more important than perfection, which is subjective
and only a state of mind.
One Goal at a Time
Do not think of achieving too many targets together. If you are looking
at writing a book, it is better to focus on it than fill your time with several
small pieces to attain temporary gratification.
If you must write gibberish, so be it Stop waiting for the muse to come to
you, for the perfect word to hit your mind. Write whatever you can, even if
it’s not the best version. It is way better than not writing at all!
There are, way many points to add to the list above, but for now, I
guess I can just ask you to get to your desk. I just did that and finished this
piece. Yay!
About the Author-Sonia Dogra is a blogger and writer, who is trying to
play with words in the hope that they may convey what her heart wishes to say!
She may be read here: A HundredQuills
Thank you Sonia! I'll have to try these out for myself. I'm already following one of these as part of my goals for the new year. I'm writing so much gibberish right now, but I'm meeting my word count goals.
Please join us for the first challenge of 2020 in February as we begin a new year at Write...Edit...Publish. I have the feeling this one is going to be special and filled with wonderful stories.
Please join us for the first challenge of 2020 in February as we begin a new year at Write...Edit...Publish. I have the feeling this one is going to be special and filled with wonderful stories.
Feel free to check out ideas from the WEP 2020 Challenges Page for the next prompt ..or not. It's up to you!
More details are coming in Denise's post on February 1st. See you there!
Until then, happy writing!
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