Years ago my daughter introduced me to the concept of BUTT GLUE.
BUTT GLUE is what you need to keep you at your desk when your brain wants to fly away in lots of different directions--in other words, it wants to do anything but write what you are supposed to write and your rear end resists gravity to fly away from the comptuer desk chair as well.
Example: I turn on the computer. Today I intend to finish writing a chapter. I know what I want to say and where I want the plot to go, but there's something about what a certain character is supposed to say that I'm not sure about. Instead of tackling that knotty detail, I wander into the kitchen and make popcorn. Then I remember that I haven't watered the plants. By the time I water all the plants, I have to go to the bathroom and I notice that the toilet needs cleaning, so I clean the toilet. Then my friend calls and I talk to her for a while. I head back to the computer, but then I remember the popcorn and go back to the kitchen. I also need a drink, so I get that. In the meantime, I've forgotten pretty much what I wanted to do with the chapter. What I need is BUTT GLUE. If I had some BG, I would have already have the chapter pretty much written. Sigh.
I've also found out that the amount of BG a person has is in direct relation to how early or how late the person who is writing is awake. For some reason the very late night hours or very early morning hours tend to be when the most BG is present in a person's chemistry. The farther away from those hours PLUS the number of other people who are awake in the house (especially children), or in the same neighborhood for that matter, he more BG is diminished. Inversely, BG is increased as more people are asleep while you are awake.
Some types of music increase BG ratios when the number of people awake in my house also increase. For me, putting in ear buds and turning on my iPod to music without words keeps BG from diminishing as rapidly as it usually does. The busier the music or if it has words, the less BG I have. It may be different for different people.
Good luck finding your BG stimulator!
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That's great, Dene! I need some of that. We could sell it in those giant tubes that window caulk comes in.
I have my two hours a day set aside for writing, but they're in the middle of the day. I always have to get up and get someone a drink of water, or take the toddler to the potty, or answer the phone. Sometimes I even *gasp* schedule a visiting teaching appointment or go grocery shopping during my writing time.
If I had my way I'd go to bed at eight and get up at four and write until six. Not going to happen.
But I got the next page of my book written today! Finally! Hooray!
Could we sell the caulking gun with it? We'd make millions.
Congratulations on your next page. One step at a time and you'll get done.
I, on the other hand, did not finish the chapter. I got up early to write, but I'm staying with my father because his heart isn't doing too well and he woke up early and needed help, so there went my BG quotient. There was time later on in the day, but the BG just wasn't there.
Maybe tomorrow morning.
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