"Once upon a time, my coach and friend Anne Bramley pointed out that I could count anything related to my project as part of my writing. If I was reading, taking notes, or thinking about the piece, I was writing. I found this idea a revelation and a liberation."
I'm still struggling with this tbh. On days like today I feel like I haven't really done much work because I can't see the evidence in word count. And yet, deep down I know that I have been up to very important things in fact.
I learned this past week that just sitting in a chair and *thinking hard* about a project can be much more productive work than trying to get prose out. I have to effect a mental shift to accept that that, too, was work (even though it was so much more valuable than sitting and staring at my empty Scrivener screen!).
"Once upon a time, my coach and friend Anne Bramley pointed out that I could count anything related to my project as part of my writing. If I was reading, taking notes, or thinking about the piece, I was writing. I found this idea a revelation and a liberation."
I'm still struggling with this tbh. On days like today I feel like I haven't really done much work because I can't see the evidence in word count. And yet, deep down I know that I have been up to very important things in fact.
I learned this past week that just sitting in a chair and *thinking hard* about a project can be much more productive work than trying to get prose out. I have to effect a mental shift to accept that that, too, was work (even though it was so much more valuable than sitting and staring at my empty Scrivener screen!).