Comments on: Traits of the Successful Author—Self-Discipline

By: Editing Lessons | Margaret Pinard, Writer

Editing Lessons | Margaret Pinard, Writer — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:53:18 +0000

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By: You Get No Second Chance | Story Check

You Get No Second Chance | Story Check — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 09:00:22 +0000

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By: Robbi Thornburg Starnegg

Robbi Thornburg Starnegg — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:59:25 +0000

Yikes. Through a random “successful disciplines for writing” Google search, I tripped over your blog. Now I am doing the V-8 head slap. So much time in my life has been wasted NOT writing due to laziness. “Hello, I’m Robbi, and I’m a lazy writer.” You can bet I will voraciously devour every painful truth you write. Baby steps are steps…. Thanks.

By: Sarah Saunders

Sarah Saunders — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 10:54:45 +0000

Oh Kristen your blogs are going to become my personal butt-kicking instruments. It is harsh truth for someone who both over does it and procrastinates in equal amounts. I find I am always doing things for other people or obsessing over things that are not personally important to me while making excuses for why the things that matter, like family and writing can wait.

By: theforestscribe

theforestscribe — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 18:05:16 +0000

Finally a blog that doesn’t muck about and is interesting too! Thank you, keep writing and we’ll keep reading.

By: denizb33

denizb33 — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:51:11 +0000

Just do it. This is the one I struggle with, especially when it comes to editing. Writing is easy and fun, but darn, fixing up all the first draft words, that’s what takes discipline!

By: Traits of the Successful Author—Self-Discipline | Tales From The Fifth Tower

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:24:49 +0000

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By: mentzer2150

mentzer2150 — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:22:06 +0000

All too often I hear people say to me, I don’t have time to write; they’re always too busy. Being busy isn’t an excuse. Too many people want to take time off just to write but then find every excuse not to write. Everything else suddenly becomes more important. Even when you’re busy, you look for ways to squeeze in some writing time. Get up 30 minutes earlier or stay up 30 minutes later. Limit the number times you go onto the internet or look at e-mail.

By: lythya

lythya — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:37:39 +0000

Self-discipline is key, definitely. I’ve done sprints many times, I grab myself by the neck and push through. I did it with math before entering my current school. I got from second lowest grade to second highest. I was about to fail German and got it to the second highest grade. I didn’t get physics and sat down for three days and read everything twice and had my friend studying physics explain a bunch of stuff to me. I ended up with highest grade.
I love creating my own schedule. it works for me – as soon as I pull myself together. Sigh. This reading break I’m not doing very well, though …

By: feltenk

feltenk — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:49:08 +0000

Excellent post!