Comments on: Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Discipline http://kriswrites.com/2009/06/04/freelancers-survival-guide-discipline/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:00:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ISBW 4th Anniversary, Links, and update : I Should Be Writing http://kriswrites.com/2009/06/04/freelancers-survival-guide-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-384 ISBW 4th Anniversary, Links, and update : I Should Be Writing Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:27:39 +0000 http://kriswrites.com/?p=796#comment-384 [...] reading Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Freelancer’s Survival Guide. Her latest post is on Discipline, always a problem for [...] [...] reading Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s Freelancer’s Survival Guide. Her latest post is on Discipline, always a problem for [...]

]]> By: Posts about Fiction Writing as of June 12, 2009 | Eristoddle.com http://kriswrites.com/2009/06/04/freelancers-survival-guide-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Posts about Fiction Writing as of June 12, 2009 | Eristoddle.com Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:43:31 +0000 http://kriswrites.com/?p=796#comment-256 [...] returned a somewhat accurate list of the novels of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (though Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Discipline - kriswrites.com 06/04/2009 Artwork donated by Pati Nagle .       The Freelancer’s Survival [...] [...] returned a somewhat accurate list of the novels of science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (though Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Discipline – kriswrites.com 06/04/2009 Artwork donated by Pati Nagle .       The Freelancer’s Survival [...]

]]> By: Kris http://kriswrites.com/2009/06/04/freelancers-survival-guide-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Kris Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:01:33 +0000 http://kriswrites.com/?p=796#comment-254 You should be proud of the streak, Rob. That's great. And that's what things like streaks do. They challenge us in great ways and force us to overcome the things that get in our way. Great work! You should be proud of the streak, Rob. That’s great. And that’s what things like streaks do. They challenge us in great ways and force us to overcome the things that get in our way. Great work!

]]> By: Rob Vagle http://kriswrites.com/2009/06/04/freelancers-survival-guide-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-253 Rob Vagle Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:19:12 +0000 http://kriswrites.com/?p=796#comment-253 I loved this one, Kris! Mind games, mind games, mind games, and they never seem to end. A streak is good for me, better than The Race, but I can become quite comfortable in that habit and risk stagnation. In other words, routine means I can just go through the motions, it's safe, and I don't need to push myself. Wrong. Have to push beyond the 500 words a day, find out why I'm not finishing things, and get rid of those bad writing habits that crop up from fear or any of the other games the procrastinating/avoidance game the mind can come up with. I feel quite proud about the streak (over 150 days and counting) yet there's those mind games lurking lurking lurking . . . I loved this one, Kris! Mind games, mind games, mind games, and they never seem to end.

A streak is good for me, better than The Race, but I can become quite comfortable in that habit and risk stagnation. In other words, routine means I can just go through the motions, it’s safe, and I don’t need to push myself. Wrong. Have to push beyond the 500 words a day, find out why I’m not finishing things, and get rid of those bad writing habits that crop up from fear or any of the other games the procrastinating/avoidance game the mind can come up with.

I feel quite proud about the streak (over 150 days and counting) yet there’s those mind games lurking lurking lurking . . .

]]> By: Ssndra Hofsommer http://kriswrites.com/2009/06/04/freelancers-survival-guide-discipline/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Ssndra Hofsommer Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:11:28 +0000 http://kriswrites.com/?p=796#comment-252 Ah, we are so alike in so many ways and so very different in others. Yes, I would love to read all the time, but no, I am not as stubborn about organizing my day as you are--and I have had a lot more time to get the job done. This is a wonderful set of essays (chapters?) and I hope to someday see them gathered together in a print book. In the meantime, check out the birthday present I sent. It will tell you how much I value what you are doing. Sandy Ah, we are so alike in so many ways and so very different in others. Yes, I would love to read all the time, but no, I am not as stubborn about organizing my day as you are–and I have had a lot more time to get the job done.

This is a wonderful set of essays (chapters?) and I hope to someday see them gathered together in a print book. In the meantime, check out the birthday present I sent. It will tell you how much I value what you are doing.

Sandy

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