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Sep12
Leave This Writer Alone!

How do you survive the tough times as a writer? What do you do when you feel, ironically or un-ironically, like the "Leave Britney Alone!" YouTube girl who channeled her frustrations into a hysterical video about a pop star, and you beg the world to Leave This Writer Alone?

No matter how over-worked or beat-down you feel, you must pick yourself up and write again. That's our job. Over the weekend, a couple readers shared their thoughts about how to survive the tough times.

Jurgen Wolff had this advice: "For me, one of the best strategies is to have several different kinds of projects going at once...I try to keep at least 3 or 4 projects going at different stages--usually the 'downs' of one will be balanced by the 'ups' of another."

Richard Grayson had a simpler solution: "I steal."

Finally, over at the MFA Blog, , M. Ramirez Talusa reminds us to relax, especially as we prepare for critical readings or reviews. Dig it: 

"I would definitely recommend not stressing out too much so that you don't end up feeling too emotionally spent afterward. I tend to use the week before workshop as a fun week... I take a break that week so that I approach the workshop enthusiastically." 

 


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Oh. My. God. I had not seen that video before.

When I need to be left alone to write, I make appointments right inside my calendar during free blocks of hours on weekdays, weeknights, and weekends for writing. Then, when people ask me if I'm available for something other than writing, I can say, "Sorry, thanks for the invite, but I already have an appointment."

If it's my family, I tell them I need to run some errands at that time, then I take my laptop to a coffeehouse. No need to explain more, and I get my time when I want it. It's a win-win situation, really. Nobody misses me when I'm at my "appointments."

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