No Excuses

             

   No Excuses.

Do you ever feel as if time flies by and at the end of the day you wonder what you’ve accomplished?

           There were days I came up with more excuses of why things weren’t done than achievements.  At one time I thought of writing a book of excuses. I could think of hundreds of reasons why I didn’t put pen to paper and do any writing that day.

                                       1.  Unable to focus.

                  2.  Didn’t exercise today or exercised too much.

                  3. My computer wasn’t working, it didn’t matter that I had a dozens of pens and a full ream of paper.

                  4.  The plot wasn’t going the way I planned (do they ever?).

                  5.    I had a family situation to take care of. I don’t know about your       family but mine always has some drama going on which I feel compelled to deal with.

                 6.  The sun was shining (in Oregon there are times this is a rare            sight) and I had to go outside.

    Well you get the idea. The excuses were endless. I had so many reasons I didn’t accomplish something I could fill a book. While I was coming up with excuses someone else wrote the Excuse Book. (There are actually several books of excuses.) Since someone else had more motivation than I did to finish the book I used the excuse it had already been done and there was no reason for me to continue.

                Then I came up with the no excuse clause. I decided to glue my butt in my chair and write every day. On a busy day a minimum of one paragraph is required it isn’t much but it would help keep the flow of the story smooth. 

                This is June and I’d hope to have my work in progress completed by now. Unfortunately this year I’ve used up too many excuses and my WIP is not complete. So I’ve decided to reinstate my no excuse clause. So everyday I’ve committed to sit down and write. No excuses.  

                I’d requested a check in day with Rogue Phoenix and Chris has set up Thursday as a day to comment on our progress. Unfortunately, I seldom blog my progress so I’ve decided I have another area of my writing which the no excuse clause applies. So check the Angel’s blog on Thursday to see my progress for the week.