Let me take you through a typical writing session over the last two days (cue Queen's "Under Pressure"):
- Open new document in Word
- Try to locate note cards for this outlining thing I'm trying
- Notice my shredder is getting full
- Empty shredder since tomorrow is trash day
- Pause to watch miner emerge from gerbil tube *tear up because his kid is crying*
- Wonder how many pages will be in this chapter
- Consider using chapter titles instead of just numbers
- Wonder how many chapters there are in Jane Eyre
- Run to my bookshelf to see (XXXVIII, if you're wondering)
- How many chapters is that in actual numbers? (38)
- Realize I have a headache *take some Tylenol*
- Oh, look, another miner
- Return to Word document
- Type one sentence and stare at it
- Wow, I never filed that nail that I chipped today at work *file nail*
- Locate note cards on the floor under the desk
- Try to put note cards back in order
- See a spider crawling on the ceiling
- Watch it to make sure it doesn't decide to drop into my hair
- How many of these miners are left?
- Picture a clown car shaped like a gerbil tube *smile*
- Realize it's really getting late *yawn*
- Better get a good night's sleep so I can start fresh tomorrow.
- Word count - 19
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9 comments:
Hilarious and all-too familiar!
Oh, you are the sister of my heart. That's exactly how it goes.
Have you been watching me? This sounds sooooooo much like my attempt to *not procrastinate* though it always backfires.
That's 19 more words than I wrote yesterday.
You just described my typical day. Apart from the miners, since that doesn't happen every day (thank goodness!), but there's always something going on, right? No wonder I never get any homework done. ;)
19 is a good start. at least that's how i felt about my 15 before supper today! christy
Hehe. Are we the same person?
Dude, this is my day! My week!
Yes, I have been watching all of you!
Muwahahahaha...
I love this!!! :)
Rach
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