More Stories, Creative Writing Podcast

Show Notes: In this episode I look at two contradictions which are equally true: It is good to have a sacred, set-aside place to pursue your creative work, and it is also good to force yourself into a change of scenery, especially if you are blocked or stymied.   00:38 Intro 02:00 Planning, thinking, or talking about a book does not make a book. Writing does. 03:15 Goal setting and prioritizing in order to keep creative endeavors on task.  04:55 If you don’t have deadlines (from an editor/agent or in a class) you have to find a way to impose self-accountability. 05:45 My procrastination manifests as “doing some other work” besides the hard thing or the difficult thing to write. (Includes a “throw back Thursday” to my college days…) 07:15 I don’t have external pressure, or imposed deadlines, for most of the creative work I most want to do. 07:45 Goal setting, and writing down specific, measurable expectations, is a way to have some accountability. I’m self-imposing deadlines, so another year doesn’t slip by. 0