tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188795309517836831.post6567496486345511159..comments2023-05-14T01:05:59.554-07:00Comments on Terra Chandler: Attention Spans & MotivationsTerra Chandlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03631390484934632067noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188795309517836831.post-53481760431372686212008-09-30T07:30:00.000-07:002008-09-30T07:30:00.000-07:00Ih dear, I'm going to be saying "Get over yourself...Ih dear, I'm going to be saying "Get over yourself" all day! (and I also hate when Suede talk about himself in the third person.)<BR/><BR/>I'm in the querying process with my last book and it's been hard to motivate myself to start another one. I'll get there one day!Rachel Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274442663967438226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188795309517836831.post-83010123491763879082008-09-29T21:10:00.000-07:002008-09-29T21:10:00.000-07:00I'm like Georgie B. I like working on a few projec...I'm like Georgie B. I like working on a few projects at time so I don't get bored with just one. <BR/><BR/>I have a crappy attention span, so I've never attempted writing a novel. Short stories and articles are more my speed.hanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06373565870989930305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188795309517836831.post-26972839525925206602008-09-29T20:11:00.000-07:002008-09-29T20:11:00.000-07:00It is soooo hard to keep up my motivation, so I ha...It is soooo hard to keep up my motivation, so I have gotten to where I set myself a word goal for the day, then I write it down o a post it at my computer, broken up into smaller increments. Like, if I want to get 3,000 words written today, I might write it broken up into 1000k, 500k, 500k, 500k, and 250k, and 250k. That way, it seems more manageable to me, and I can cross off the increments as I go, feeling like I'm getting something accomplished. And more often than not, once I get started, I write more than I planned to!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting my blog...come on back anytime!colbymarshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056535503422186623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188795309517836831.post-8470196731030252842008-09-29T19:43:00.000-07:002008-09-29T19:43:00.000-07:00Janet, that is an excellent story!! It fits perfe...Janet, that is an excellent story!! It fits perfectly!! It's like your own personal form of pear pressure. I was deathly afraid of the high dive until my mother made me join a class. Incidentally...I am still deathly afraid of the high dive. lol. I think making it public is a great motivator. I have told every one of my friends, and they keep asking how it's going. I can't imagine myself saying "Oh, I gave up on it." So yea, definite motivation.Terra Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631390484934632067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188795309517836831.post-75269738716159175092008-09-29T19:27:00.000-07:002008-09-29T19:27:00.000-07:00My motivation is a solemn promise to myself to wri...My motivation is a solemn promise to myself to write, revise, edit, polish and shop a real live novel. No excuses, no backing out. Plus I made it public.<BR/><BR/>It's like the first time I went off the high diving board when I was a kid. There was a line-up, all the way down the ladder and beyond. I refused to think about what I was doing till I was actually on the board. The fear of humiliating myself by trying to squeeze back down the ladder was greater than my fear of jumping off. I knew this, of course, and had deliberately manipulated myself. So I did it again with the writing project. It's been slow, because there was quite a learning curve, but the hardest part is already over. :o)<BR/><BR/>For short-term motivation, incremental, measurable goals, that I also make public.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600030574995481267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188795309517836831.post-25275078185450174092008-09-29T18:30:00.000-07:002008-09-29T18:30:00.000-07:00Georgie, that is definitely a huge part of my moti...Georgie, that is definitely a huge part of my motivation as well. I keep thinking about what it will be like to show everyone my bound and published work. It gives me chills (good ones) and keeps me goin'.Terra Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631390484934632067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188795309517836831.post-37178944863109363672008-09-29T18:29:00.000-07:002008-09-29T18:29:00.000-07:00Allie, your kinda special.....but oh, how I love i...Allie, your kinda special.....but oh, how I love it!! CALIFORNIA IS SO GOING TO BE KICK ASS!!! We don't have to have any attention span (except while driving)!!!!Terra Chandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631390484934632067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188795309517836831.post-24181055234578899452008-09-29T17:56:00.000-07:002008-09-29T17:56:00.000-07:00Wanting to prove to myself that I can keep other p...Wanting to prove to myself that I can keep other people interested is what motivates me.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, right.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, I have two to three different things going on at any given time. I simply try to make time for each of them.<BR/><BR/>Like my blog. I post every two days on my blog, and in between posting I work on a re-writing a short story.<BR/><BR/>It's just a matter of blocking out a section of time to work on them.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188795309517836831.post-15251322984369175282008-09-29T17:37:00.000-07:002008-09-29T17:37:00.000-07:00As you know, I've got one of the worst attention s...As you know, I've got one of the worst attention spans known to man. <BR/><BR/>Work projects are hard for me to complete, unless I'm somehow invested in them. <BR/><BR/>Wow, I just completely forgot where I was going with that.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973776814451705513noreply@blogger.com